Electronic devices with power boosting for high frequency communication

An electronic device comprising:

• a set of photodiodes;
• an antenna resonating element;
• and
• a common gate amplifier coupled between the antenna resonating element and the set of photodiodes, wherein the set of photodiodes are coupled to the common gate amplifier in parallel, the common gate amplifier is switchable between a transmit mode and a receive mode, and the common gate amplifier is configured to
• amplify a first current produced by the set of photodiodes for transmission using the antenna resonating element when in the transmit mode, and
• amplify a second current produced by the antenna resonating element for reception using the set of photodiodes when in the receive mode, the common gate amplifier including
• a set of common gate amplifier stages coupled in series between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal being communicatively coupled to the set of photodiodes and the second terminal being communicably coupled to the antenna resonating element;
• a first switch that couples the set of common gate amplifier stages to the first terminal, and
• a second switch that couples the set of common gate amplifier stages to the second terminal, wherein the first switch is closed and the second switch is open in the transmit mode and the first switch is open and the second switch is closed in the receive mode.

An electronic device comprising:

• a phased antenna array having at least a first antenna resonating element and a second antenna resonating element;
• a first photodiode configured to generate a first portion of a first antenna current based on a first optical local oscillator (LO) signal provided with a first phase shift and based on a second optical LO signal modulated with wireless data;
• a second photodiode configured to generate a second portion of the first antenna current based on the first optical LO signal provided with the first phase shift and based on the second optical LO signal modulated with the wireless data;
• a first amplifier configured to amplify the first antenna current, the first antenna resonating element being configured to transmit first wireless signals corresponding to the first antenna current amplified by the first amplifier;
• a third photodiode configured to generate a first portion of a second antenna current based on the first optical LO signal provided with a second phase shift different from the first phase shift and based on the second optical LO signal modulated with the wireless data;
• and
• a second amplifier configured to amplify the second antenna current, the second antenna resonating element being configured to transmit second wireless signals corresponding to the second antenna current amplified by the second amplifier.