Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for low noise amplifiers with mid-node impedance networks
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Application No.: US15669024Application Date: 2017-08-04
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Publication No.: US10171045B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Engin Ibrahim Pehlivanoglu
- Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn
- Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H04B15/00
- IPC: H04B15/00 ; H03F3/181 ; H03F1/08 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/22 ; H03F1/30 ; H03F1/56 ; H03F3/193 ; H03F3/24 ; H03F3/72

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for LNAs with mid-node impedance networks are provided herein. In certain configurations, an LNA includes an input, an output, a transconductance device, a cascode device, and a mid-node impedance network. The transconductance device generates an amplified signal by amplifying an input signal received at the input, and provides the amplified signal to the output via the cascode device. The mid-node impedance network is electrically connected between the transconductance device and the cascode device, and provides compensation for a parasitic capacitance of the gm device, thereby enhancing the LNA's performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180054171A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS WITH MID-NODE IMPEDANCE NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2018-02-22
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