Optimizing a low noise amplifier for UMTS standard through a heuristic

Abstract

This paper presents an approach of optimization to design and to size a low noise amplifier for the UMTS standard, using 0.35 mum CMOS technology. At 2.14 GHz, the LNA exhibits a voltage gain of 14.63 dB, a noise figure of 0.63 dB, and a 1 dB compression point of 0.12 dBm.