Abstract. List of Symbols and Abbreviations. 1 Introduction. 1.1 The Growth of the Wireless Communication Market. 1.2 Evolution to CMOS RF. 1.3 CMOS, RF and ESD. 1.4 Outline of this Book. 2 Low-Noise Amplifiers in CMOS Wireless Receivers. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Some Important RF Concepts. 2.2.1 Quality Factor of Reactive Elements and Series-Parallel Transformation. 2.2.2 SNR and Noise Figure. 2.2.3 Impedance Matching, Power Matching, Noise Matching...