Design of process variation tolerant radio frequency low noise amplifier

Design of a self compensating process variation tolerant RF low noise amplifier (LNA) is described. A novel non-intrusive mixing technique is proposed which enables minimal intrusion negative feedback in RF circuits making them process variation tolerant. The proposed design technique provides 18% yield improvement over comparable conventional LNA under severe process variation.

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