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Serendipitous noise reduction in inductively degenerated CMOS RF LNAs

Rossi, Paolo ; Svelto, Francesco and Andreani, Pietro LU (2003) p.24-26
Abstract
The design of radio-frequency inductively-degenerated

CMOS low-noise-amplifiers does not follow the

guidelines for minimum noise figure. Nonetheless,

state-of-the-art implementations achieve noise figure

values very close to the theoretical minimum. In this

brief contribution, we point out that this is due to the

effect of the parasitic overlap capacitances in the MOS

device acting as transconductor. In particular, we

show that overlap capacitances lead to a significant

induced-gate-noise reduction, especially when deep

sub-micron CMOS processes are used.
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  abstract     = {{The design of radio-frequency inductively-degenerated<br/><br>
CMOS low-noise-amplifiers does not follow the<br/><br>
guidelines for minimum noise figure. Nonetheless,<br/><br>
state-of-the-art implementations achieve noise figure<br/><br>
values very close to the theoretical minimum. In this<br/><br>
brief contribution, we point out that this is due to the<br/><br>
effect of the parasitic overlap capacitances in the MOS<br/><br>
device acting as transconductor. In particular, we<br/><br>
show that overlap capacitances lead to a significant<br/><br>
induced-gate-noise reduction, especially when deep<br/><br>
sub-micron CMOS processes are used.}},
  author       = {{Rossi, Paolo and Svelto, Francesco and Andreani, Pietro}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 2003 NORCHIP Conference}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{24--26}},
  title        = {{Serendipitous noise reduction in inductively degenerated CMOS RF LNAs}},
  year         = {{2003}},
}