Electronic device with fully-connected photonic antenna array

An electronic device comprising:

• a first antenna resonating element;
• a first photodiode coupled to the first antenna resonating element and configured to produce, based on a first optical signal, a first current on the first antenna resonating element;
• and
• a second photodiode coupled to the first antenna resonating element, wherein the second photodiode is configured to produce, based on a second optical signal, a second current on the first antenna resonating element concurrent with the first photodiode producing the first current on the first antenna resonating element, the first current being different from the second current.

An electronic device comprising:

• a phased antenna array having a set of antennas, each antenna in the set of antennas having a respective antenna resonating element coupled to a respective plurality of photodiodes;
• a light source configured to generate an optical signal;
• a first electro-optical modulator configured to modulate a first wireless data stream onto the optical signal to generate a first modulated optical signal;
• a second electro-optical modulator configured to modulate a second wireless data stream onto the optical signal to generate a second modulated optical signal;
• and
• optical paths configured to provide the first modulated optical signal to a first photodiode in each of the antennas in the set of antennas and configured to provide the second modulated optical signal to a second photodiode in each of the antennas in the set of antennas.