Add Component - Ports Only

You select Tools => Add Component => Ports Only in order to insert internal ports in your circuit which may be used later in a circuit design program. An assistant appears on your display which helps you set up your component. This dialog box is also opened when you select the command Modify => Component

Fields in which you may enter a variable instead of a constant value are identified with a drop down list, an example of which is pictured below. The list includes the entry <Add Variable> in addition to any existing parameters. Selecting <Add Variable> from the list opens the Add/Edit Variable dialog box to allow you to create the variable. If an existing variable is entered, then the entry <Edit Variable> appears in the list. Selecting this entry opens the Add/Edit Variable dialog box to allow you to edit the presently selected variable.

Note that directly typing in the name of a variable which is not yet defined, instead of selecting <Add Variable> from the drop list, also causes the Add/Edit Variable dialog box to appear when this dialog box is closed so that you can define the new variable.

All of the ports associated with this component will have a common ground and are simultaneously de-embedded during the electromagnetic analysis. This component type is functionally equivalent to using co-calibrated internal ports.

Number of Ports: Enter the desired number of ports for your component here. You may use an unlimited number of ports.

For a detailed discussion of Components, please refer to the "Components" chapter in the Sonnet User's Guide.