In order to improve the out-of-band interference filtering in the front-end of a wideband radio frequency system, this paper proposes a two-stage low-noise amplifier (LNA) that has three notches in its transfer function. In the proposed LNA, two center-tap inductors are utilized, where the center-tap inductor is modeled as two equal inductors with a mutual coupling. Here, by properly designing these two inductors and their coupling, in the utilized two center-tap inductors, three notches and proper peaking in the transfer function of the LNA, as well as input matching, are simultaneously realized. The proposed LNA is fabricated in 65 nm CMOS, and its active area is 0.13 mm2 . The LNA shows three notches at 2.9 GHz, 13.1 GHz and 17.2 GHz. Moreover, the 3 dB BW is from 5.4 GHz to 8.7 GHz, sufficiently wide to operate in the worldwide ultra-wideband (UWB) regulated spectrum. The proposed LNA power consumption is 9.9 mW from a 1.1 V supply, with a minimum noise figure of 3.4 dB and a gain of 24.8 dB.

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