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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2004
Andrew W. Krone, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew W. Krone, Austin, TX (US);
Silicon Laboratories, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A low noise amplifier () includes a first transconductance device () having a control electrode for receiving a first input signal, and a first current electrode; a first load device () having a first terminal coupled to a first power supply voltage terminal and a second terminal coupled to the first current electrode of the first transconductance device () and forming a first output voltage signal; a second transconductance device () having a control electrode for receiving a second input signal, and a second current electrode; a second load device () having a first terminal coupled to the first power supply voltage terminal and a second terminal coupled to the first current electrode of the second transconductance device () and forming a second output voltage signal; and an attenuation device () coupled between the first current electrodes of the first () and second () transconductance devices and having a control input terminal for receiving a control voltage thereon.