Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 1 / Section A / A1 / ii

At perpendicular distance $z\ll w$ from the middle of a face, but outside the conductor, the strip approximates an infinite current sheet. The tangential field jump is ${\mu }_{0}K$ and symmetry gives equal opposite fields on the two sides. Hence $B\simeq {\mu }_{0}I/(2w)$ on either side. The centreline integral gives the same limit as ${\tan }^{-1}(w/(2z))\to \pi /2$. Uniform current across the width and distance from the strip edges are implicit in this sheet approximation; a nonuniform surface current would require its local value instead.