A 1.8 to 4 GHz inductor-less highly linear CMOS LNA for wire-less receivers

This paper presents an inductor-less wide-band highly linear low-noise amplifier (LNA) for wire-less receivers. The inductor-less LNA consists of a complementary current-reuse common source amplifier combined with a low-current active feedback to obtain wide range input impedance matching and low noise figure. In our LNA, a degeneration resistor is utilized to improve linearity of the LNA. Furthermore, we designed a bypass mode for the LNA to extend the range of its applications. The proposed LNA is implemented in 28 nm CMOS process. It has a gain of 14.9 dB and a bandwidth of 2.2 GHz. The noise figure (NF) is 1.95 dB and the third-order input intercept point (IIP3) is 24.8 dBm at 2.3 GHz. It consumes 17.2 mW at a 0.9-V supply and has an area of 0.011 mm2.

Inductive Feedback Technique for Design of High Gain 0.18μm CMOS LNA for 5G Applications

A 26[Formula: see text]GHz low-noise amplifier (LNA) designed for 5G applications using 0.18[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS technology is proposed in this paper. The circuit includes a common-source in the first stage to suppress the noise in the amplifier. The successive stage has a Cascode topology along with an inductive feedback to improve the power gain. The input matching network is designed to achieve the input reflection coefficient less than [Formula: see text]7dB at the intended frequency. The matching network at the output is designed using inductor–capacitor (LC) components connected in parallel to attain the output reflection coefficient of [Formula: see text]10[Formula: see text]dB. Due to the inductor added in feedback at the second stage. The [Formula: see text] obtained is 18.208[Formula: see text]dB at 26[Formula: see text]GHz with a noise figure (NF) of 2.8[Formula: see text]dB. The power supply given to the LNA is 1.8[Formula: see text]V. The simulation and layout of the presented circuit are performed using Cadence Virtuoso software.