Reconfigurable MIMO transceiver and method for use therewith

1. A wireless transceiver comprising:

a plurality of antennas;

a plurality of signal recovery circuits, coupled to the plurality of antennas, that generate a selected number of received signals from a first subset of the plurality of antennas, based on a control signal;

a receiver section, coupled to the plurality of signal recovery modules, that recovers an inbound data stream from the selected number of received signals; and

a plurality of transmitter sections, coupled to the plurality of antennas, that generate a selected number of transmitted signals to a second subset of the plurality of antennas, based on the control signal;

wherein the intersection between the first subset of the plurality of antennas and the second subset of the plurality of antennas is a null set for each value of the control signal and wherein the second subset of the plurality of antennas produce a combined RF signal that is intermodulated based on a first RF signal produced by a first antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas and a second RF signal produced by a second antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas.

2. The wireless transceiver of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of transmission lines for coupling the plurality of antennas to the plurality of signal recovery circuits and the plurality of transmitter sections.

3. The wireless transceiver of claim 1 further comprising:

a processing module, coupled to the plurality of signal recovery circuits and the plurality of transmitter sections, that generates the control signal.

4. The wireless transceiver of claim 3 wherein the receiver section further generates a combined signal based on the selected number of received signals and the wireless transceiver section further comprises:

a clock recovery circuit, coupled to the receiver section, that generates a recovered clock signal based on the combined signal, and wherein the processing module is clocked based on the recovered clock signal.

5. The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the second subset of the plurality of antennas produce a combined RF signal with controllable power based on a selection of the second subset of the plurality of antennas.

6. The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the second subset of the plurality of antennas produce a combined RF signal that is polar modulated based on a first RF signal produced by a first antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas and a second RF signal produced by a second antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas.

7. The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the plurality of signal recovery circuits includes a plurality of rectifiers that generate a selected number of power supply signals, the wireless transceiver further comprising:

a power recovery circuit, coupled to the plurality of rectifiers, that generates a recovered power signal based on the selected number of power supply signals.

8. The wireless transceiver of claim 7 wherein the selected number of power supply signals includes a plurality of power supply signals and wherein the power recover circuit generates the recovered power signal based on a combination of the plurality of power supply signals.

9. The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the selected number of received signals includes a plurality of received signals and wherein the receiver section generates the inbound data stream based on a combination of the plurality of received signals.

10. A method comprising:

generating a selected number of received signals from a first subset of a plurality of antennas, based on a control signal;

recovering an inbound data stream from the selected number of received signals;

generating a selected number of transmitted signals to a second subset of the plurality of antennas, based on the control signal;

generating a selected number of power supply signals; and

generating a recovered power signal based on the selected number of power supply signals;

wherein the intersection between the first subset of the plurality of antennas and the second subset of the plurality of antennas is a null set for each value of the control signal.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

coupling the plurality of antennas to a plurality of signal recovery circuits and a plurality of transmitter sections via a plurality of transmission lines.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating the control signal.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating a combined signal based on the selected number of received signals; and

generating a recovered clock signal based on the combined signal.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the second subset of the plurality of antennas produce a combined RF signal with controllable power based on a selection of the second subset of the plurality of antennas.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein the second subset of the plurality of antennas produce a combined RF signal that is intermodulated based on a first RF signal produced by a first antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas and a second RF signal produced by a second antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein the second subset of the plurality of antennas produce a combined RF signal that is polar modulated based on a first RF signal produced by a first antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas and a second RF signal produced by a second antenna of the second subset of the plurality of antennas.

17. The method of claim 10 wherein the selected number of power supply signals includes a plurality of power supply signals and wherein generating the recovered power signal is based on a combination of the plurality of power supply signals.

18. The method of claim 10 wherein the selected number of received signals includes a plurality of received signals and wherein generating the inbound data stream is based on a combination of the plurality of received signals.