MULTI-CHIP TX BEAMFORMING FOR PER-PACKET SWITCHING WITHOUT LO PHASE ALIGNMENT CIRCUITRY

摘要

A wireless communications device that produces phase-synchronized local oscillator (LO) signals without dedicated LO phase alignment circuitry. The wireless communications device includes a first transceiver chain to receive a first timing signal and a second transceiver chain to receive the first timing signal and a second timing signal. The first transceiver chain includes a first frequency divider to convert the first timing signal to a first LO signal. The second transceiver chain includes a second frequency divider to convert the first timing signal to a second LO signal, a third frequency divider to convert the second timing signal to a third LO signal, and a multiplexer to select either the second LO signal or the third LO signal for transmitting wireless signals via the second transceiver chain based at least in part on an operating mode of the wireless communications device.