This task-specific MIMO system enables highly accurate signal recovery with minimal hardware complexity and power consumption. It combines task-specific beamforming, low-bit ADCs, and quantized analog combiners to efficiently leverage signal sparsity and suppress spatial interference. The result is a robust and energy-efficient solution for modern wireless communication systems, including 4G/5G infrastructure and high-performance receiver front-ends.

• Minimized hardware complexity
• Accurate task-specific signal recovery
• High power efficiency
• Low power consumption 

Supported by simulations, the system effectively suppresses spatial interference and recovers target signals in congested bands. A task-specific MIMO receiver (TSMRx) was implemented in 65 nm CMOS with beamforming, 2-bit ADCs, 4-point vector modulators, and a 25% sparse combiner, achieving task recovery while consuming just 75–115 mW over 0.5–3 GHz—setting a power efficiency record for this technology node.