A Novel Inductively Degenerated CMOS LNA for UWB Applications

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the inductively source- degenerated CMOS LNA designed for UWB applications. LNA is the building block of a RF receiver. The newly designed CMOS LNA utilizes the 180nm technology which provides a gain of 11 dB, with a noise figure of 3 dB over the entire range of operation.

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Keywords

Cascade; CMOS; Chebyshev; Common Source; Low Noise Amplifier (LNA); Noise Figure (NF); Source Follower; Ultra-Wide Band (UWB)