HFSS15: Wave Ports for Terminal Solutions

HFSS treats a wave port as a semi-infinitely long waveguide or transmission line. For terminal solutions, we deal with transmission lines only. Terminals are the ends of signal traces that intersect the plane of a port.

To fit circuit theory HFSS has options for assigning terminals and expressing the relationship between currents and voltages. Terminals are especially useful when you are dealing with circuit simulators since the S-parameters obtained in terms of currents and voltages are in a format that is compatible with most circuit simulators.

Terminals and Modes

Example of Terminals

Reference Conductors