A method includes receiving a remote transmitter signal at an antenna array including a number of antenna elements, mixing the received signal with in-phase and quadrature-phase Local Oscillator (LO) signals from Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) of a coupled VCO array, and configuring each Phas
A method includes receiving a remote transmitter signal at an antenna array including a number of antenna elements, mixing the received signal with in-phase and quadrature-phase Local Oscillator (LO) signals from Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) of a coupled VCO array, and configuring each Phase Locked Loop (PLL) of a number of PLLs to receive an in-phase output of the mixing corresponding to a VCO and a quadrature-phase output of the mixing corresponding to another VCO adjacent to the VCO as inputs thereto. The method also includes feeding back an output of the each PLL to the VCO, driving the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the mixing from a transmit modulator, and transmitting, in a direction of the remote transmitter, an antenna array signal based on the driving. Further, the method includes sensing a servoed state related to LO phase relationships and holding thereof during the transmission of the signal.
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1. A method comprising: receiving a signal from a remote transmitter at an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements;mixing the received signal with in-phase and quadrature-phase Local Oscillator (LO) signals from Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) of a coupled VCO array;configurin
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A method comprising: receiving a signal from a remote transmitter at an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements;mixing the received signal with in-phase and quadrature-phase Local Oscillator (LO) signals from Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) of a coupled VCO array;configuring each Phase Locked Loop (PLL) of a plurality of PLLs to receive an in-phase output of the mixing corresponding to a VCO of the coupled VCO array and a quadrature-phase output of the mixing corresponding to another VCO adjacent to the VCO in the coupled VCO array as inputs thereto;feeding back an output of the each PLL to the VCO of the coupled VCO array;driving the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the mixing from in-phase and quadrature-phase outputs of a transmit modulator instead of the each PLL being driven by the in-phase and the quadrature-phase output of the mixing;transmitting, in a direction of the remote transmitter, a signal from the antenna array based on the driving of the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the mixing from the transmit modulator; andsensing a servoed state related to phase relationships between the LO signals and holding the servoed state through a sample and hold circuit coupled in a feedback path between the output of the each PLL and the VCO during the transmission of the signal in the direction of the remote transmitter. 2. The method of claim 1, comprising implementing the sample and hold circuit with a switch and a capacitor. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling a switch each in a path of the in-phase output of the mixing corresponding to the VCO of the coupled VCO array and in another path of the quadrature-phase output of the mixing corresponding to the VCO, the path being coupled to the each PLL and the another path being coupled to another PLL. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising injection locking two or more VCOs of the coupled VCO array to each other. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling a VCO of the coupled VCO array to another VCO thereof through a bidirectional coupling circuit. 6. The method of claim 1, comprising providing one of: a one-dimensional, a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional VCO array as the coupled VCO array. 7. The method of claim 1, comprising beam-steering the signal from the remote transmitter back thereto, the beam-steered signal being the signal transmitted from the antenna array in the direction of the remote transmitter. 8. A beam-steering system comprising: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, the antenna array being configured to receive a signal from a remote transmitter thereat;a coupled VCO array comprising a plurality of VCOs coupled to one another;a plurality of mixers, each of which is configured to mix the received signal at an antenna element with an in-phase and a quadrature-phase LO signal from a particular VCO of the coupled VCO array;a plurality of PLLs, each of which is configured to receive an in-phase output of the each mixer corresponding to the particular VCO and a quadrature-phase output of a mixer corresponding to another VCO adjacent to the particular VCO as inputs thereto, an output of the each PLL being fed back to the particular VCO, the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the plurality of mixers being configured to be driven from in-phase and quadrature-phase outputs of a transmit modulator instead of the plurality of PLLs being driven by the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the plurality of mixers, and the antenna array being configured to transmit a signal in a direction of the remote transmitter based on the driving of the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the plurality of mixers from the transmit modulator; anda plurality of sample and hold circuits, each of which is configured to sense a servoed state related to phase relationships between LO signals from VCOs of the coupled VCO array and hold the servoed state during the transmission of the signal in the direction of the remote transmitter, the each sample and hold circuit being coupled in a feedback path between the output of the each PLL and the particular VCO. 9. The beam-steering system of claim 8, wherein the each sample and hold circuit is implemented with a switch and a capacitor. 10. The beam-steering system of claim 8, further comprising a switch coupled each in a path of the in-phase output of the each mixer corresponding to the particular VCO of the coupled VCO array and in another path of the quadrature-phase output of the each mixer corresponding to the particular VCO, the path being coupled to the PLL and the another path being coupled to another PLL. 11. The beam-steering system of claim 8, wherein two or more VCOs of the coupled VCO array are configured to be injection locked to each other. 12. The beam-steering system of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of bidirectional coupling circuits, each of which is configured to couple a VCO of the coupled VCO array to another VCO thereof. 13. The beam-steering system of claim 8, wherein the coupled VCO array is one of: a one-dimensional, a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional VCO array. 14. The beam-steering system of claim 8, wherein the signal from the remote transmitter is configured to be beam-steered back thereto, the beam-steered signal being the signal transmitted from the antenna array in the direction of the remote transmitter. 15. A wireless communication system comprising: a remote transmitter; anda beam-steering system comprising: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, the antenna array being configured to receive a signal from the remote transmitter thereat;a coupled VCO array comprising a plurality of VCOs coupled to one another;a plurality of mixers, each of which is configured to mix the received signal at an antenna element with an in-phase and a quadrature-phase LO signal from a particular VCO of the coupled VCO array;a plurality of PLLs, each of which is configured to receive an in-phase output of the each mixer corresponding to the particular VCO and a quadrature-phase output of a mixer corresponding to another VCO adjacent to the particular VCO as inputs thereto, an output of the each PLL being fed back to the particular VCO, the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the plurality of mixers being configured to be driven from in-phase and quadrature-phase outputs of a transmit modulator instead of the plurality of PLLs being driven by the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the plurality of mixers, and the antenna array being configured to transmit a signal in a direction of the remote transmitter based on the driving of the in-phase and the quadrature-phase outputs of the plurality of mixers from the transmit modulator; anda plurality of sample and hold circuits, each of which is configured to sense a servoed state related to phase relationships between LO signals from VCOs of the coupled VCO array and hold the servoed state during the transmission of the signal in the direction of the remote transmitter, the each sample and hold circuit being coupled in a feedback path between the output of the each PLL and the particular VCO. 16. The wireless communication system of claim 15, wherein the each sample and hold circuit of the beam-steering system is implemented with a switch and a capacitor. 17. The wireless communication system of claim 15, wherein the beam-steering system further comprises a switch coupled each in a path of the in-phase output of the each mixer corresponding to the particular VCO of the coupled VCO array and in another path of the quadrature-phase output of the each mixer corresponding to the particular VCO, the path being coupled to the PLL and the another path being coupled to another PLL. 18. The wireless communication system of claim 15, wherein two or more VCOs of the coupled VCO array of the beam-steering system are configured to be injection locked to each other. 19. The wireless communication system of claim 15, wherein the beam-steering system further comprises a plurality of bidirectional coupling circuits, each of which is configured to couple a VCO of the coupled VCO array to another VCO thereof. 20. The wireless communication system of claim 15, wherein the signal from the remote transmitter is configured to be beam-steered back thereto through the beam-steering system, the beam-steered signal being the signal transmitted from the antenna array of the beam-steering system in the direction of the remote transmitter.
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