Cascode CS LNA design example

The
adjacent topology is the cascode
common-source LNA.
forms the common-source amplifier
followed by the common-gate device .
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 is constructed.
and is the output resonating network tuned
to frequency of operation.
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

The real part should be matched to

50 and and tuned to operating
frequency.
This constrains the values of , and .
A better solution is to add an
inductor . More freedom in choosing
passives for input matching

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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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