Title :
GaAs 0.5 dB NF dual-loop negative-feedback broadband low-noise amplifier IC
Author :
Xu, J. ; Serdijn, W.A. ; Woestenburg, B. ; De Vaate, J. Geralt bij
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
fDate :
7/7/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A GaAs dual-loop negative-feedback low-noise amplifier (LNA) designed for the square kilometre array is presented. Effects of transformer non-idealities on LNA performance are discussed. The LNA has 0.5 dB noise figure and -10 dB input return loss from 0.6 to 1.6 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; UHF amplifiers; UHF integrated circuits; circuit feedback; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit noise; radiotelescopes; -10 dB; 0.5 dB; 0.6 to 1.6 GHz; GaAs; LNA performance; Square Kilometre Array; broadband low-noise amplifier IC; dual-loop low-noise amplifier IC; negative-feedback low-noise amplifier IC; transformer nonidealities;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20051548
