Beyond the Bandwidth Limit: A Tutorial on Low-Noise Amplifier Circuits for Advanced Systems Based on III-V Process

X Yan, J Zhang, SP Gao, Y Guo - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the fast development of advanced communication systems, wideband low-noise
amplifiers (LNAs) have become more and more critical as they determine the overall …

Low-noise amplifier for next-generation radio astronomy telescopes: Review of the state-of-the-art cryogenic LNAs in the most challenging applications

CC Chiong, Y Wang, KC Chang… - IEEE Microwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that explores the universe via radio signals up to
a few terahertz. Since the first detection of radio signals from the Milky Way by Karl G. Jansky …

A compact 1.0–12.5-GHz LNA MMIC with 1.5-dB NF based on multiple resistive feedback in 0.15-μm GaAs pHEMT technology

X Yan, J Zhang, H Luo, SP Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a 2-stage compact wideband low-noise amplifier (LNA) monolithic microwave
integrated circuit (MMIC) with multiple resistive feedback (MRFB) is presented. From the DC …

Pole-converging intrastage bandwidth extension technique for wideband amplifiers

G Feng, CC Boon, F Meng, X Yi, K Yang… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To overcome limitations on bandwidth extension in conventional design techniques, a novel
pole-converging technique with transformer feedback for intrastage bandwidth extension is …

Analysis and design of a broadband receiver front end for 0.1-to-40-GHz application

J Hu, K Ma - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a broadband receiver front end for 0.1 to 40 GHz application, fabricated using
0.15-μm GaAs E-mode pHEMT process, is reported. The receiver front end consists of a …

A seven-octave broadband LNA MMIC using bandwidth extension techniques and improved active load

J Hu, K Ma, S Mou, F Meng - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the analysis and design of a novel broadband low-noise amplifier (LNA)
with larger than seven-octave bandwidth. To achieve good impedance matching, flat gain …

A broadband multistage LNA with bandwidth and linearity enhancement

G Nikandish, A Yousefi… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design techniques to enhance bandwidth and linearity of broadband multistage low-noise
amplifiers (LNAs) are presented. A feedback amplifier circuit is proposed to compensate for …

A 9-to-42-GHz high-gain low-noise amplifier using coupled interstage feedback in 0.15-μm GaAs pHEMT technology

X Yan, H Luo, J Zhang, SP Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 3-stage millimeter-wave low-noise amplifier (LNA) monolithic
microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design for broadband applications. The proposed …

An X/Ku dual-band switch-free reconfigurable GaAs LNA MMIC based on coupled line

C Xie, Z Yu, C Tan - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an X/Ku dual-band switch-free reconfigurable GaAs low-noise amplifier
(LNA) realized by inter-stage and output-stage coupled lines. This article is the first switch …

The (R) evolution of distributed amplifiers: From vacuum tubes to modern CMOS and GaN ICs

G Nikandish, RB Staszewski… - IEEE Microwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Broadband amplification of signals is desirable in many applications such as high-speed
data communications, high-resolution imaging systems, optoelectronics, and …