Cascode CS LNA design example

The adjacent topology is the cascode

common-source LNA.
1 forms the common-source amplifier
followed by the common-gate device 2 .
For noise optimized design, the device size
is large leading to high input capacitance
providing low input impedance.
Input signal will be attenuated because of
low input impedance, hence input matching
network comprising and 1 is
constructed.
and 1 is the output resonating network
tuned to frequency of operation.
1 is the parasitic resistance of the resonant
network determining the gain of the LNA.

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Input impedance looking into the input
of the LNA is
1 1
= + 1 +
1 1
The real part should be matched to 50
and 1 and 1 tuned to operating
frequency.
This constrains the values of , 1 and
1 .
A better solution is to add an inductor
. More freedom in choosing passives
for input matching
1 1
= + 1 + +
1 1

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Final LNA with all the component values

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 Simulation Results for Cascode CS LNA
Gain Noise Figure

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