Accurate study of the electromagnetic and circuit behavior of finite conducting wedges and interconnects with arbitrary cross-sections

The manufacturing of interconnects often leads to conductors with a non-rectangular cross-section. Especially for sharp edges, it is therefore important to study the influence of corner effects on the interconnect circuit characteristics. Firstly, the electromagnetic behavior of a finite conducting 2-D wedge is investigated. Secondly, as an application example, a broadband transmission line model is used to study the influence of the conductors´ shapes on the circuit behavior of a grounded coplanar waveguide. Both frequency and time domain results are presented.