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Backend Routing Work Log - PENG KUN
2026-06-02
Scope
Backend routing generation and GDS build consistency in mxpic_router.
Summary
Recent work focused on improving routing correctness in mxpic_router/mxpic_router/builder.py, including route width investigation, rotation convention alignment, and perpendicular routing behavior correction.
Completed Work
1. Route Width Issue Investigation
A mismatch was identified between the route width configured in the EDA frontend and the width exported into the layout YAML/GDS build flow.
Backend tracing showed that the router consumed the width value from the YAML as expected, while the exported YAML still used the default width in several cases. The issue was isolated to the frontend serialization/export logic and reported to the frontend owner for correction.
2. Frontend/Backend Rotation Convention Alignment
A rotation inconsistency was identified between the EDA canvas representation and the generated GDS layout.
For rotated devices such as resistors, the frontend display and backend placement used different rotation conventions, which caused incorrect component orientation or port direction in the final GDS.
The backend build logic was updated to convert EDA instance rotation into layout rotation during component placement and metadata pin registration, while preserving the original behavior for element-based ports and anchors.
3. Perpendicular Routing Behavior Correction
A routing issue was identified for port pairs with a 90-degree or 270-degree angle difference.
The previous automatic route selection fell back to the generic bend_p2p method, which could generate a bend - diagonal straight - bend path.
The routing method selection logic was updated so perpendicular port-angle cases use strt_bend_strt_p2p, producing the expected straight - bend - straight routing style.
Modified Files
mxpic_router/mxpic_router/builder.py mxpic_router/tests/test_eda_router_contract.py