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A Dual-Gain ESD-protected LNA with Integrated Antenna Sensor for a Combined GALILEO and GPS front-end

This paper presents a dual-gain ESD protected LNA with integrated antenna sensor for a combined GPS and GALILEO front-end. The amplifier has been implemented using a standard 0.35mum SiGe BiCMOS process and the total power consumption is only 8 mA from a 3 V supply. It provides a power gain of 18 dB and a low noise figure of 3.3 dB working in the high gain mode of operation, which makes this LNA suitable for high sensitivity applications such as the new generation of positioning services

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