Abstract
This article is devoted to the analysis of microstrip lines printed on dielectric substrates with transversely varying thickness using the quasi-static approximation and the method of lines. Discretization lines of varying length, according to the layer thickness, are used and only the Laplace wave equation has to be solved. The numerical results presented herein permit the illustration of the effect of arbitrarily curved substrate interfaces along the transverse direction on the characteristics of the microstrip structures under consideration. The behavior of the per unit length parameters of these structures as a function of the shape of these substrates' cross section is studied in depth. Furthermore, the effects of the finite metallization thickness and losses are also investigated in detail. The results that are obtained are consistent with those published in the literature. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 13: 194–205, 2003.
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