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Faezeh Ladani
Ansys Employee

Hi there! 

P=|V|^2/R. If the port impedance is 50 ohms, you need to excite the port with sqrt(50) volts to results in 1W incident power at the port. Note that accepted power by the antenna depends on the input impedance at the port and associated mismatch.Â