The invention discloses a
conformal antenna array
layout method for a special-shaped surface of an aircraft, and the method comprises the steps: firstly giving an
array element initial parameter of a
planar antenna array, converting the special-shaped surface of the aircraft into a two-dimensional curved surface, obtaining a conformal curved surface
array factor according to a mapping relation, determining the positions x'n, y'n and z'n of a curved surface
antenna array element, the maximum main curvature
radius direction and the maximum main curvature
radius k1i of the normal vector, and the minimum main curvature
radius direction and the minimum main curvature radius k2i of the normal vector; performing curved surface conformal
simulation on a single planar antenna according to the positions x'n, y'n and z'n of the array elements of the curved surface antenna, placing an antenna unit by taking a normal vector as a normal vector, performing conformal
simulation along the direction of the minimum main curvature radius, and setting the cylindrical surface radius as k2n, and then simulating to obtain a single antenna far-field
radiation pattern, synthesizing all antenna far-field
radiation patterns according to the positions of the curved surface
antenna array elements to obtain a
total field pattern function, judging whether the
antenna radiation characteristics meet design indexes, and if not, returning to continue to optimize the
planar antenna array factors until the design indexes are met.