The power pattern synthesis, as well as the sidelobe level (SLL) suppression of the planar antenna arrays for the wireless power transmission is investigated. An improved chicken swarm optimization (ICSO) algorithm is proposed for reducing the maximum SLL of the power pattern. ICSO introduces the global search, the local search, and the duplicate solution removing operators to enhance the accuracy and the convergence rate of the conventional CSO algorithm, thereby making it suitable for the power pattern optimizations. Simulations are conducted to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, and the results show that ICSO obtains the lowest maximum SLL compared with other algorithms. Moreover, the power pattern performances of different algorithms are tested by the electromagnetic simulations, and the results show that the proposed ICSO has the best optimization ability. INDEX TERMS Wireless power transmission, power pattern, energy beamforming, sidelobe level, chicken swarm optimization. III. SYSTEM MODEL, ARRAY FACTOR AND PROBLEM DESCRIPTION A. SYSTEM MODEL AND ARRAY FACTOR GUOJUN SHEN received the B.S. degree in computer science from Jilin University, China, in 2015, where he is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in computer science. His research interests include wireless communication and optimizations. YANHENG LIU received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Jilin University, China, where he is currently a Professor. His primary research interests include network security, network management, mobile computing network theory, and applications. GENG SUN (S'17) received the B.S. degree in communication engineering from Dalian Polytechnic University, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Jilin University, in 2018. He was a Visiting Researcher with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He currently holds a Postdoctoral position with Jilin University. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, antenna arrays, collaborative beamforming, and optimizations. TINGTING ZHENG received the B.S. degree in computer science from Jilin University, China, in 2017, where she is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in computer science. Her research interests include wireless communications and optimizations. XU ZHOU received the M.S. degree from Northeast Normal University, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree from Jilin University, in 2016, where she currently holds a Postdoctoral position. Her research interests include intelligent algorithms, data mining, and complex network analysis. AIMIN WANG received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information system from Jilin University, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include wireless sensor networks and QoS for multimedia transmission.