The document describes the design of an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) with improved linearity for use in sigma-delta modulators. The OTA uses a differential pair topology with source degeneration and cross-coupling techniques to increase linearity. Simulation results show the OTA achieves a gain of 35dB and a third-order intermodulation distortion of -73dB at 70MHz, with a transconductance of 3.34mA/V. Compared to a previous OTA design using only source degeneration, the proposed OTA has a 19dB higher gain while maintaining similar intermodulation performance. The improved linear OTA is suitable for use in continuous-time sigma-delta modulators required for applications such as software-defined radios.