A transmitter 1 transmits from a transmission antenna 7 a mixture signal containing a radio-frequency (RF)-band modulated signal, and a portion of power of a local oscillation signal used for frequency conversion. Meanwhile, a receiver 8 detects the transmitted signal by means of a reception antenna-detection section 9. In the reception antenna-detection section 9, a plurality of base unit reception circuits 11 are disposed. Each base unit reception circuit 11 includes a planar printed antenna 12 such as a patch antenna, an amplifier circuit 13 formed on a very small planar circuit by means of an MMIC technique, and a mixer circuit 14 serving as a square-law detector. Respective outputs of the base unit reception circuits 11 are power-mixed and fed to the IF signal demodulation section. The IF signal demodulation section 10 demodulate reception data. This configuration enables realization of a reception antenna which occupies a very small space, has a detection function and a high gain, and has a wide beam characteristic comparable to that of a single-element antenna.

 
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