Tightly-coupled near-field communication-link connector-replacement chips

A system comprising:

• a plurality of transceiver chips disposed along one edge of a first substrate;
• a first transceiver chip of the plurality of transceiver chips comprising:
• a first near-field receiver having an input connected to the first antenna to receive a modulated first carrier signal at a first transmit carrier frequency, the first antenna configured to near-field couple with a second antenna connected to a first near-field transmitter at the first transmit carrier frequency, when the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed within a near-field coupling distance from each other at the first transmitter carrier frequency;
• and
• a second transceiver chip of the plurality of transceiver chips, the second transceiver chip disposed on the first substrate and adjacent to the first transceiver chip, the second transceiver chip comprising:
• a second near-field transmitter having an output connected to a third antenna to transmit a modulated second carrier signal at a second transmit carrier frequency in the EHF range, the second transmit carrier frequency being the same as the first transmit carrier frequency;
• a first input terminal coupled to a first signal path;
• and
• a second input terminal coupled to a second signal path,
• wherein the second transceiver chip combines information from the first signal path and information from the second signal path to generate the modulated second carrier signal.