A 100–960MHz CMOS Ultra-wideband Low noise Amplifier

This paper presents the design and simulation of a CMOS ultra-wideband low noise amplifier. The amplifier exhibits a form of thermal noise canceling with a shunt-feedback topology for operating in the band of 100-960 MHz. It was designed using the AMI C5F/N (0.5 mum) process. Thorough simulations including anticipated parasitics predict a noise figure ranging from 1.84-2.45 dB, a forward gain of 11.5plusmn0.22 dB, and input and output matching metrics (S11 and S22) below -10 dB.