This article analyzes the design of a low-noise amplifier intended as the input front-end for the measurement of the low-frequency components (below 10 Hz) of a 50 Ω source. Low residual flicker is the main desired performance. This feature can only be appreciated if white noise is sufficiently low, and if an appropriate design ensures dc stability. An optimal solution is proposed, in which the...

Owing to its well-known properties of possible power-noise match as well as superior noise performance, the inductively-degenerated low-noise amplifier is nowadays the most-widely used RF preamplifier topology. However, there is not much flexibility when setting the amplifier’s input impedance to match the source impedance, as for a given biasing condition, matching is achievable only for a par...