This paper presents a technique for substantially reducing the noise of a CMOS low noise amplifier implemented in the inductive source degeneration topology. The effects of the gate induced current noise on the noise performance are taken into account, and the total output noise is strongly reduced by inserting a capacitance of appropriate value in parallel with the amplifying MOS transistor of...

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...