RF Amplifier Design

This chapter deals with the design of the basic amplifying stages. It also provides the introductory tools required for the design of any kind of amplifier (VGA, LNA, BUFFERS, etc). Due to its importance for CMOS ICs, the low noise amplifier is deeply studiedi this chapter.

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