2D FEM Electrostatic Analysis and Capacitance Calculation of a Micro-Strip Line

BVP :

0
r r
V V
x x y y

| | | |
=
| |

\ .
\ .
, in the computational domain
( , ) 0 V x y = , along the surrounding metallic shield (termination of the computational domain)
( , ) 0
V
x y
n

, along the symmetry line

FEM discretization:

( ) ( )
1
( ) ( )
sup sup
n
j j
N
e e
j r i j i
e e j
e N e N
V N N d N d



=




=
`


)

}} }}



Electric field computation:

x
V
E
x

,
y
V
E
y

( ) ( ) ( )
2 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 3
1
2
e e e e e e e e e e
x
E y y V y y V y y V
A
(
= + +



( ) ( ) ( )
3 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 3
1
2
e e e e e e e e e e
y
E x x V x x V x x V
A
(
= + +


Electric field energy:

( )
2
0
( )
1
2
e r
J
W E dA
m

=
}}


Capacitance:

( )
2
2
e
W
F
C
m
U