A 0.6 V low-power 3.5 GHz CMOS low noise amplifier for WiMAX applications

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2012-01-01

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Jeng-Han Tsai
Yi-Jhang Lin
Hao-Chun Yu

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Wiley-Blackwell

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In this letter, a low-voltage and low-power 3.5-GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) is designed and fabricated using TSMC 0.18-lm MS/RF complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (CMOS) technology. The complementary current-reused topology is utilized to achieve low dc power consumption while maintaining reasonable gain performance. Consuming 1.38 mW dc power from 0.6 V supply, the LNA achieves a small signal gain of 16.09 dB and a noise figure of 4.702 dB at 3.5 GHz. Compared with previously reported LNA, the MMIC has excellent FOM performance. VC 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:145–147, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com

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