Evaluation of Electromagnetic Modeling Tools, October 2007

Can a feed be located at the edge of the plane surface?

Modeling the Powerbus with FEKO

The port is not allowed to be on the surface of the dielectric. It can be either completely inside the dielectric or complete outside. We chose the outside option in this model. A closer look at the feed is shown in Fig.1. The connection is 0.5 mm away from the edge.

E-field plot
Fig. 1. A zoomed in 3D view of the edge feed excitation.