Broadband power pattern synthesis for conformal arrays

A novel power pattern synthesis method of broadband conformal array is presented. The method jointly performs the phase correction and the weight correction. First, the nonlinear power pattern function is transformed into a linear function. Then an iterative phase correction algorithm and an iterative weight correction algorithm are applied to search for the optimal phase and control the sidelobes of a synthesized pattern. Numerical examples are given to verify the effectiveness.