Delay compensated analog beam forming network

An analog beamforming receiver network comprising a subarray, the subarray including:

• a first circuit element configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal from a first antenna, frequency down-convert the RF signal received from the first antenna to a first lower frequency (LF) signal, and multiply the first LF signal by a first-element beam forming weight to generate a first-element output signal;
• a second circuit element configured to receive the RF signal from a second antenna, frequency down-convert the RF signal received from the second antenna to a second LF signal, delay the second LF signal by a time delay, and multiply the delayed second LF signal by a second-element beam forming weight to generate a second-element output signal;
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• a summing circuit configured to sum the first-element output signal and the second-element output signal to generate an output signal of the subarray.

An analog beamforming transmitter network comprising a subarray, the subarray including:

• a splitter circuit configured to split an input signal to the subarray into a first-element input signal and a second-element input signal;
• a first circuit element configured to multiply the first-element input signal by a first-element beam forming weight to generate a first low frequency (LF) signal, frequency up-convert the first LF signal to a first radio frequency (RF) signal for transmission through a first antenna;
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• a second circuit element configured to multiply the second-element input signal by a second-element beam forming weight to generate a second LF signal, delay the second LF signal by a time delay, frequency up-convert the delayed second LF signal to a second RF signal for transmission through a second antenna.