A wideband CMOS single-ended low noise amplifier employing negative resistance technique

A wideband common-gate CMOS low noise amplifier with negative resistance technique is proposed. A novel single-ended negative resistance structure is employed to improve gain and noise of the LNA. The inductor resonating is adopted at the input stage and load stage to meet wideband matching and compensate gain roll-off at higher frequencies. Implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS technology, the proposed LNA demonstrates in simulations a maximal gain of 16.4 dB across the 3 dB bandwidth of 0.2–3 GHz. The in-band noise figure of 3.4–4.7 dB is obtained while the IIP3 of 5.3–6.8 dBm and IIP2 of 12.5–17.2 dBm are post-simulated in the designed frequency band. The LNA core consumes a power dissipation of 3.8 mW under a 1.5 V power supply.

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