• DocumentCode
    3414308
  • Title

    A 3 to 10 GHz LNA using a wideband LC-ladder matching network

  • Author

    Ismail, A. ; Abidi, Abdessalem

  • Author_Institution
    Skyworks Solutions, Newport Beach, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    15-19 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    384
  • Abstract
    Reactive matching is extended to wide bandwidths using the impedance property of LC-ladder filters. A SiGe amplifier with on-chip matching network spanning 3 to 10 GHz delivers 22 dB peak gain, 2.5 dB NF and 0 dBm input IP3 at 5 GHz, with 10 mA bias current.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; MMIC amplifiers; impedance matching; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit noise; ladder filters; microwave filters; radio receivers; wideband amplifiers; 10 mA; 2.5 dB; 22 dB; 3 to 10 GHz; 5 GHz; LC-ladder filters; LNA; NF; SiGe; SiGe amplifier; bias current; impedance property; input IP3; multi-band wireless communications receivers; on-chip matching network; peak gain; reactive matching; ultrawideband wireless communications receivers; wideband LC-ladder matching network; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Gain; Germanium silicon alloys; Impedance; Matched filters; Network-on-a-chip; Noise measurement; Silicon germanium; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2004. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2004 IEEE International
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8267-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2004.1332755
  • Filename
    1332755