• DocumentCode
    998141
  • 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
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    7/7/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    780
  • Lastpage
    782
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20051548
  • Filename
    1468031