Design of a reconfigurable low-noise amplifier in a silicon-germanium process for radar applications

This thesis describes a unique approach of turning on and off transistor cores to reconfigure low-noise amplifiers. A small footprint single-pole, single-throw switch is optimized for low insertion loss and high isolation. A narrowband (non-switchable) LNA is developed as a basis of comparison for r...

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Main Author: Schmid, Robert L.
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47642