SLVAE87A December 2020 – October 2023 BQ79600-Q1 , BQ79612-Q1 , BQ79614-Q1 , BQ79616-Q1 , BQ79652-Q1 , BQ79654-Q1 , BQ79656-Q1
The BQ7916-Q1 regenerates each communication signal before BQ7916-Q1 sends the signal on to the next device. This feature is to prevent compression of a signal as it moves up the stack. Re-clocking generates the ideal waveform but also adds about 4 µs of delay.
Figure 9-9 shows images from an experiment in which 18 BQ79606-Q1 EVMs were daisy chained together to observe the bit compression. As it can be seen there is almost no difference in the bit-width between the base and top of stack board. This is due to the re-clocking feature. Re-clocking allows for a longer daisy chain cable between board and also increased the number of stack-able devices in the system.