Design Issues
— Noise Figure – impacts receiver sensitivity
— Impedance match – want Zin = Zo (usually = 50 W)
— Power – want low power dissipation
— Gain – high gain reduces impact of noise from components that follow the
LNA (such as the mixer)
— Reverse isolation – prevent signal leaking from output back to input, the
amplifier can become unstable
— Linearity (IIP3) – impacts receiver blocking performance
— Sensitivity to process/temp variations –need to make it manufacturable in
high