Analysis and Design of Low-Noise Amplifiers in Silicon-Germanium Hetrojunction Bipolar Technology for Radar and Communication Systems

This thesis presents an overview of the simulation, design, and measurement of state-of-the-art Silicon-Germanium Hetro-Junction Bipolar Transistor (SiGe HBT) low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). The LNA design trade-off space is presented and methods for achieving an optimized design are discussed. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thrivikraman, Tushar
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2008
Subjects:
LNA
HBT
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19755