• DocumentCode
    3300005
  • Title

    A highly linear bipolar 1 V folded cascode 1.9 GHz low noise amplifier

  • Author

    Ray, B. ; Manku, T. ; Beards, R.D. ; Nisbet, J.J. ; Kung, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    160
  • Abstract
    We present a 1 V 1.9 GHz cascode bipolar LNA, which dissipates 4 mW, has a gain of 10.9 dB, NF of 2.3 dB, and an IIP3 of -3.7 dB. The relatively high linearity was achieved without compromising power dissipation, gain, and noise figure in comparison to a conventional cascode LNA
  • Keywords
    MMIC amplifiers; UHF amplifiers; UHF integrated circuits; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; integrated circuit noise; low-power electronics; 1 V; 1.9 GHz; 10.9 dB; 2.3 dB; 4 mW; RF IC; RFIC bipolar process; bipolar LNA; folded cascode LNA; highly linear LNA; low noise amplifier; Circuit topology; Impedance; Inductors; Linearity; Low voltage; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Power dissipation; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
  • Conference_Location
    Minneapolis, MN
  • ISSN
    1088-5714-0
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5712-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.1999.803549
  • Filename
    803549