SLVAE87B December 2020 – June 2025 BQ79600-Q1 , BQ79612-Q1 , BQ79614-Q1 , BQ79616-Q1 , BQ79652-Q1 , BQ79654-Q1 , BQ79656-Q1
With the bus bar connected to a VC channel individually, the upper CB pin on that channel shall be left floating to avoid forward biasing the internal CBFET (see Figure 5-5 connection). This connection applies to the bus bar connecting to any middle VC channel individually. That is, in a single device, there is a cell connected above and below the VC channel with the bus bar connected.
To make sure of hotplug performance, the CB channel where the bus bar is connected still has the differential capacitor CCB in Figure 5-5 , even if the upper CB pin is floating. This capacitor forms a complete capacitor ladder from all the cells and the bus bar connected to the device, allowing high voltage spikes during hotplug to be distributed across the capacitor ladder.
If the bus bar is connected to above the top of a module to an individual VC channel (see Figure 5-6 connection), then the upper CB pin on that channel is left floating, but the CB differential capacitor (CCB in Figure 5-6) is still connected. Additionally, an RC filter is connected from the top CB pin to the BAT pin. This additional RC filter (using the same RC values as the other RC filters on the CB pins) is to make sure a complete capacitor ladder. This is used to distribute high voltage spikes with the same RC constant as the rest of the CB pins during a hotplug event.