Patent ID: 8576008

Claim:
A system comprising a common gate common source low-noise am lifter (LNA), the common gate common source LNA further comprising: a radio frequency (RF) input; a common gate transistor; a variable resistor in the drain of the common gate transistor; a common source transistor; a variable resistor in the drain of the common source transistor; a variable resistor in the source of the common gate transistor; a variable resistor in the source of the common source transistor; and a Smart Gain Control configured to change the resistance in the variable resistor in the drain of the common gate transistor, the variable resistor in the drain of the common source transistor, the variable resistor in the source of the common gate transistor, the variable resistor in the source of the common source transistor, and the variable resistor in the RF input based on a control signal conveyed to the Smart Gain Control.