Using Bézier curves to design self-adapting conformal phased-array antennas

A new technique for computing the location of each antenna element in a conformal array using general Bézier curves is presented here. More specifically, two cubic polynomial Bézier curves are used to compute the location of each antenna element in a conformal 1×4 phased-array antenna on a wedge- and cylindrical-shaped surface for various bend-angles and radius of curvature values, respectively. The accuracy of these location values are validated by comparison with analytical computations and published literature.