Patent ID: 8749312

Claim:
A method for optimizing a cascade gain device, the method comprising: determining a first noise figure associated with a first gain stage of the cascade gain device, wherein the cascade gain device comprises at least the first gain stage and a second gain stage; determining a plurality of noise figure increments associated with the first gain stage; incrementally increasing the first noise figure of the first gain stage by the noise figure increments associated with the first gain stage; for each of the plurality of noise figure increments, determining a gain value that corresponds to the noise figure increment; selecting a first noise figure increment from the plurality of noise figure increments and a first gain value corresponding to the first noise figure increment; and configuring a parameter of an inter-stage matching network associated with the first gain stage and the second gain stage based, at least in part, on the first noise figure increment of the first gain stage and the first gain value corresponding to the first noise figure increment of the first gain stage.