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US 8,264,282 B1Granted
Amplifier
AssigneeRenesas Mobile Corporation
InventorsJonne Juhani Riekki, Jari Johannes Heikkinen, Jouni Kristian Kaukovuori
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AssigneeRenesas Mobile Corporation
InventorsJonne Juhani Riekki, Jari Johannes Heikkinen, Jouni Kristian Kaukovuori
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Embodiments provide a configurable low noise amplifier circuit including a gain stage coupled to the input of the low noise amplifier circuit, the low noise amplifier circuit being configurable between one of a first topology in which the low noise amplifier circuit includes a degeneration inductance whereby the low noise amplifier circuit operates as an inductively degenerated low noise amplifier, and a second topology in which the low noise amplifier circuit includes an impedance matching stage coupled to an input of the configurable low noise amplifier circuit, the output of the impedance matching stage providing an input bias voltage for the impedance matching stage, and a feedback stage coupled to an output of the impedance matching stage and a voltage source, the feedback stage providing a compensated operating voltage for the impedance matching stage.
A configurable low noise amplifier circuit comprising a gain stage coupled to the input of the low noise amplifier circuit, said low noise amplifier circuit being configurable between one of:
A method of configuring a low noise amplifier circuit comprising a gain stage, said method comprising applying one of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.