Apparatus and methods for radio frequency (RF) amplifiers are disclosed herein. In certain implementations, a packaged RF amplifier includes a first bipolar transistor including a base electrically connected to an RF input pin and a collector electrically connected to an RF output pin, and a second bipolar transistor including a base electrically connected to an emitter of the first bipolar transistor and a collector electrically connected to the RF output pin. The packaged RF amplifier further includes a first bias circuit electrically connected between the base of the first bipolar transistor and the RF output pin, a second bias circuit electrically connected between the base of the first bipolar transistor and a power low pin, an inductor implemented at least partly by a bond wire, and a third bias circuit electrically connected in series with the inductor between the base of the second bipolar transistor and the power low pin.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a common emitter stage having a differential input configured to receive an input signal from an input transmission line, a common base stage coupled with the common emitter stage and having a differential output configured to provide a differential output signal to an output transmission line, and a biasing network to bias the common base stage, the biasing network including components selected to limit common mode gain of the common base stage at relatively high frequencies of interest without affecting a differential mode gain of the common base stage. Other embodiments are disclosed.