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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bardin, J.C.
• Weinreb, S.

Titel

A 0.1-5 GHz Cryogenic SiGe MMIC LNA

Ist Teil von

• IEEE microwave and wireless components letters, 2009-06, Vol.19 (6), p.407-409

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

IEEE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this letter, the design and measurement of the first SiGe integrated-circuit LNA specifically designed for operation at cryogenic temperatures is presented. At room temperature, the circuit provides greater than 25.8 dB of gain with an average noise temperature (T e ) of 76 K (NF = 1 dB) and S 11 of -9 dB for frequencies in the 0.1-5 GHz band. At 15 K, the amplifier has greater than 29.6 dB of gain with an average T e of 4.3 K and S 11 of -14.6 dB for frequencies in the 0.1-5 GHz range. To the authors' knowledge, this is the lowest noise ever reported for a silicon integrated circuit operating in the low microwave range and the first matched wideband cryogenic integrated circuit LNA that covers frequencies as low as 0.1 GHz.