A 5.7-GHz LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER WITH SOURCE-DEGENERATED ACTIVE INDUCTOR

作者:Chu Chun Hsueh*; Huang I Lun; Lin Yih Hsia; Gong Jeng
来源:Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2009, 51(8): 1955-1958.
DOI:10.1002/mop.24493

摘要

This article presents a novel application of the active inductor in the design of the low-noise amplifier (LNA). To reduce the silicon area consumed by the LNA without sacrificing its linearity, the passive source-degenerated inductor in the conventional design is replaced with the active inductor. The LNA is fabricated with a standard 0.18-mu m CMOS process. Compared with previous arts, this LNA exhibits good figure of merit based on its total power consumption of 19 mW measured power gain of 17 dB, input third-order intercept point of -7 dBm, and noise figure of 3.4 dB at 5.7 GHz.