Response of canonical ports to a high power electromagnetic excitation

In this work, we present a methodology to calculate the required electromagnetic environment to achieve the maximization of the thermal response of a canonical port of interest (mainly electronic components) in order to achieve permanent damage. The |E²| τ product (E being the amplitude of the impinging electric field and τ the duration of the illumination) is shown to be the key parameter to define the required electromagnetic environment that could lead to the thermal destruction. Application examples with canonical incident waveforms are presented and discussed.