The advent of ultra-low noise microwave amplifiers revolutionized several research fields demanding quantum-limited technologies. Exploiting a theoretical bimodal description linear phase-preserving amplifier, in this contribution we analyze some the intrinsic properties model architecture (i.e., an rf-SQUID based Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier) terms amplification and generation...

— We report a high data rate (upto 1 Gbps) Ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver for very low power applications. The transmitter side, including pulse generator (PG), power amplifier (PA) and on-chip antenna, consumes only 7 pJ/b (3 pJ/b w/o PA). The novel UWB on-chip antenna has relatively low loss of 10 dBi and allows for a more compact overall system suitable for area constrained implantable and...

This paper presents the design and simulation of Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) in a 0.18μm CMOS technology. The LNA function is to amplify extremely low noise amplifier without adding noise and preserving required signal to noise ratio. Cadence design tool Spectre_RF is used to design and simulation based on resistors, inductors, capacitors and transistors. Power constrained methodology is used for...

High-throughput screening (HTS) using ion channel recording is a powerful drug discovery technique in pharmacology. Ion channel recording with planar bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) is scalable and has very high sensitivity. A HTS system based on BLM ion channel recording faces three main challenges: (i) design of scalable microfluidic devices; (ii) design of compact ultra-low-noise transimpedanc...

This paper is based on analysis of a common source - common gate low noise transconductance amplifier (CS-CG LNTA). Conventional noise analyses equations are modified by considering to the low output impedance of the sub-micron transistors and also, parasitic gate-source capacitance. The calculated equations are more accurate than calculated equations in other works. Also, analyses show that th...