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Abstract:ACMOSradiofrequencylownoiseamplifierwithhighlinearityandlowoperationvoltageoflessthan 1.0Vispresented.Inthiscircuit,anauxiliaryMOSFETinthetrioderegionisusedtoboostthelinearity.Simula- tionshowsthatthismethodcanboosttheinput-referred3rd-orderinterceptpointwithmuchlesspowerdissipation thanthatoftraditionalpowerlinearitytradeoffsolutionwhichpaysatleast1dBpowerfor1dBlinearityimprove- ment.Itisalsoshownthatthesizeofthecommon-gatePMOStransistorneedstobeoptimizedtoreduceitsloaded inputimpedancesoasnottodegradethelinearityduetohighvoltagegainatitssourceterminal.Thesimulationis carriedoutwithTSMC0.18LmRFCMOStechnologyandSpectreRF.
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