Full-wave simulation of coupled ferrite microstrip ridge structures

Microstrip transmission lines residing on bianisotropic material ridges embedded in a multilayered environment are studied using a coupled set of integral equations (IEs). The formulation is full-wave, and both the ridge and the layered background material may be inhomogeneous and bianisotropic. Numerical results are presented which show the basic propagation characteristics for a variety of single and coupled ferrite ridge structures. For isotropic ridges embedded in an isotropic background, several previous methods have been applied.