... Digital Analog A/ D Digital Analog A/ D Digital Software Digital Filtering Analog Filtering a) Conventional multi -band Radio Broad- band Amplifier b) Software Defined Radio Fig 1.1 Multi -band and software ... DESIGN OF A BROAD- BAND DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER AND DESIGN OF CMOS PASSIVE AND ACTIVE FILTERS DALPATADU K RADIKE SAMANTHA Beng (Hons), NUS A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING ... inductors and capacitors 1.4 Motivation, Scope and Thesis Organization The main objective of this thesis is the design of a broadband amplifier in 0.1-3.0 GHz and active and passive filters for RF and...