Metallization thickness effect of striplines with anisotropic media: quasi-static and hybrid-mode analysis

The effect of metallization thickness in striplines is investigated on the basis of the quasi-static and frequency-dependent hybrid-mode formulations. The formalism utilizes the aperture fields as source quantities and uses the extended version of the network analytical methods of electromagnetic fields. It is therefore applicable for the general structure, i.e., coupled thick strips with uniaxially anisotropic media. Numerical computations include comparisons with available data for the simpler cases to show the accuracy of the present method and the quasi-static and frequency-dependent hybrid-mode solution for single and coupled thick strips with anisotropic media