Rational W-shape solitons on a nonlinear electrical transmission line with Josephson junction

•The nonlinear discrete equation is studied.•The rational w- shape solitons are retrieved.•The modulation analysis is presented.•The obtained solutions are presented by 2D and 3D figures. This paper examines envelope solitons, rational W-shape solitons to a Nonlinear Electrical Transmission Line (NETL) with Josephson junction (JJ) that consist of the Nth cells of circuits. By employing the reductive perturbation approach in the semi-discrete approximation, we obtain the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE). From this equation, the frequency ranges of propagation of bright and dark solitons were obtained. As in most of the works, the NLSE obtained is well known as the seat of rogue waves and Peregrine solitons. The nonlinearity provided by the JJ, combined with the dispersion, made it possible to study the Modulation Instability (MI) gain spectrum. The 3D and 2D graphical representations illustrated the instability zones and the W-rational solutions have followed by using numerical simulation. The results obtained in this paper are of a very capital contribution for the study of rogue waves in nonlinear transmission lines or other physical problems.