A Global Routing Algorithm for PCB Based on Triangular Grid

Global routing is a critical problem in PCB routing, and its quality greatly affect the PCB design cost. Unlike existing methods based on traditional rectangular grid, this paper present a novel algorithm based on triangular grid model to handle the problem. We first propose a method to sort all the unconnected two-pin nets, then construct a triangular grid graph to represent the routing resources on the printed circuited board. Finally we use the idea of maximum flow to find the paths to complete global routing and use the detailed routing to get the result of completed wires. Experimental results show that our algorithm can spend less time than the two state-of-the-art routers without any design rule violations for all given industrial PCB instances.