DocumentCode
2014216
Title
LNA performance optimisation using post-production noise characterisation
Author
Ciccognani, Walter ; Cremonini, Andrea ; Limiti, Ernesto ; Longhi, Patrick Ettore ; Orfei, Alessandro ; Scucchia, Lucio
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
fYear
2009
fDate
28-29 Sept. 2009
Firstpage
234
Lastpage
237
Abstract
An alternative LNA design flow that addresses some of the typical issues connected with MMIC realisation is given in this contribution. The role of the input matching network is highlighted and investigated for low noise applications. Following the proposed design flow, an LNA test vehicle has been realised. The LNA´s noise figure is less than 0.55 dB while its associated gain is better than 35 dB on the whole C-Band (4-8 GHz).
Keywords
MMIC amplifiers; low noise amplifiers; LNA design flow; LNA performance optimisation; MMIC; frequency 4 GHz to 8 GHz; input matching network; low noise applications; post-production noise characterisation; Active noise reduction; Impedance matching; Integrated circuit noise; MMICs; Noise measurement; Optimization; Radio frequency; Solid modeling; Temperature; Working environment noise;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009. EuMIC 2009. European
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4749-7
Type
conf
Filename
5296014
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