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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Psemi Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael P. Gaynor, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
pSemi Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 9/24 (2006.01); H03F 1/26 (2006.01); H03F 3/193 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/26 (2013.01); H03F 1/565 (2013.01); H03F 3/193 (2013.01); H04B 1/16 (2013.01); H03F 2200/222 (2013.01); H03F 2200/294 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01);
Abstract
A receiver front end having low noise amplifiers (LNAs) with enhanced input third order intercept point is disclosed herein. A cascode having a 'common source' configured input FET and a 'common gate' configured load FET have a degeneration circuit comprising a tank circuit tuned to a harmonic of the operating frequency.