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Both low noise and low distortion characteristics are strongly desired for cellular terminal receiver application. In the case of Si-MMIC, BJT has superior feature in it's low noise Performance and MOSFET has it in low distortion performance. By using BJT amplifier as the 1st. stage of LNA and MOSFET as the 2nd. stage of LNA and a down mixer, both low noise and low distortion performance is achieved. The fabricated Si-MMIC front-end, which contains two-stage LNA and down mixer and LO amplifier, performs 3.7 dB NF, 16.7 dB conversion gain and -15.5 dBm IIP3 with 3V / 13.7 mA d.c. power and -10 dBm LO power.