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A wideband linearized common-gate low-noise amplifier (LNA) is proposed. The linearity is improved by active cross-coupled feedback technique. The active cross-coupled feedback circuit, consisting of a complementary source follower and a feedback capacitor, is employed to enhance loop gain, and acquire linearity improvement. A passive cross-coupled feedback removes the second-order harmonic feedback effect to the input-referred third-order intercept point (IIP3). An enhanced LC-match input network and forward isolation of the active cross-coupled feedback enable the proposed LNA with wideband input matching and flat gain performance, respectively. Fabricated in a 0.13 μm RF CMOS process, the LNA achieves a flat voltage gain of 14.5 dB, an NF of 2.5–3.4 dB, and an IIP3 of 3.1–4.3 dBm over a 3 dB bandwidth of 0.1–1.2 GHz. It consumes only 3.5 mA from a 1.2 V supply and occupies an area of 0.2 mm2.
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The work is supported by the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities (No. 10120151101) and the Research Fund in Science & Technology on Information Transformation in Communication Networks Laboratory (ITU-U14009/KX142600016), China.
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Guo, B., Chen, J. & Jin, H. A linearized common-gate low-noise amplifier using active cross-coupled feedback technique. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 89, 239–248 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-016-0817-y
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