Cascaded transmit and receive local oscillator distribution network

A local oscillator (LO) distribution network, comprising:

• a common LO buffer configured to buffer an LO signal;
• a receive (RX) LO buffer configured to receive the LO signal and buffer the LO signal and to provide the LO signal to an RX mixer, wherein the RX mixer is configured to receive the LO signal and an RX signal and generate a downconverted signal;
• a first LO signal line and a second LO signal line configured to conduct the LO signal from the common LO buffer to the RX LO buffer, wherein the RX LO buffer is coupled to the first LO signal line and the second LO signal line;
• and
• a transmit (TX) mixer coupled to the first LO signal line and the second LO signal line, wherein the TX mixer is configured to receive the LO signal and a TX signal and generate an upconverted TX signal.