please mention the names of RF receivers used for Antenna?

Plzz mention few parts i.e RF receiver connected to the antenna.I need to know the names of the RF receiver connected to antenna...

RF transceiver?

IC name?

you need discrete part or IC ? For what application?

iam using RF receivers for Smart Antenna project....My professor is insisting me to use vector network analyzer for reception..he said RF signal can be used for reception also..But I want to convert RF signal to baseband signal....Please help what to do to?/