Patent ID: 7420502

Claim:
An assembly for receiving and transmitting millimeter (mm) waves, comprising: at least one mm wave reflector; at least one mm transmission wave feed configured in a transmission feed location within the at least one mm wave reflector; a plurality of receiving mm wave feeds configured in respective receiving feed locations within the at least one mm wave reflector; and a radio frequency (RF) module, which is coupled to the at least one mm transmission wave feed and to the plurality of the receiving mm wave feeds, so as to drive the at least one mm transmission wave feed to transmit outgoing mm waves and to simultaneously receive incoming mm waves from all of the plurality of the receiving mm wave feeds, wherein the at least one mm transmission wave feed is characterized by a transmission angular-gain distribution pattern dependent upon the transmission feed location, and wherein the receiving mm wave feeds are characterized by respective reception angular-gain distribution patterns dependent upon the respective receiving feed locations, so that the reception angular-gain distribution patterns form an overall reception angular-gain distribution pattern which is substantially similar to the transmission angular-gain distribution pattern.