Engineering:Maze runner
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Short description: Routing method in electronic design
In electronic design automation, maze runner is a connection routing method that represents the entire routing space as a grid. Parts of this grid are blocked by components, specialised areas, or already present wiring. The grid size corresponds to the wiring pitch of the area. The goal is to find a chain of grid cells that go from point A to point B.
A maze runner may use the Lee algorithm. It uses a wave propagation style (a wave are all cells that can be reached in n steps) throughout the routing space. The wave stops when the target is reached, and the path is determined by backtracking through the cells.
See also
- Autorouter
References
- "An Algorithm for Path Connections and Its Applications", IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers EC-10 (2): 346–365, 1961, doi:10.1109/TEC.1961.5219222. One of the first descriptions of a maze router.
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