minimum current threshold, I
MIN
. The I
FULL
and I
MIN
thresholds are programmed using the I
TERM
input pin
(See Table 4.)
Figures 4 and 5 show the bq2954 configured for display
mode 2 and I
FULL=IMAX
/5 while I
MIN=IMAX
/10.
Voltage and Current Monitoring
In low-side current sensing, the bq2954 monitors the
battery pack voltage as a differential voltage between
BAT and pins. In high-side current sensing, the bq2954
monitors the battery pack voltage as a differential volt
-
age between BAT and V
SS
pins. This voltage is derived
by scaling the battery voltage with a voltage divider.
(See Figures 6 and 7.) The resistance of the voltage di
vider must be high enough to minimize battery drain
but low enough to minimize noise susceptibility. RB1 +
RB2 is typically between 150kΩ and 1MΩ. The volt
age-divider resistors are calculated from the following:
RB1
RB2
NV
V
CELL
REG
=
∗
− 1
(1)
where
V
CELL
= Manufacturer-specified charging cell voltage
N = Number of cells in series
V
REG
= 2.05V
The current sense resistor, R
SNS
(see Figures 6 and 7),
determines the fast-charge current. The value of R
SNS
is given by the following:
R
V
I
SNS
MAX
=
025.
(2)
where I
MAX
is the current during the constant-current
phase of the charge cycle. (See Table 1.)
Battery Insertion and Removal
V
BAT
is interpreted by the bq2954 to detect the presence
or absence of a battery. The bq2954 determines that a
battery is present when V
BAT
is between the
High-Voltage Cutoff (V
HCO=VREG
+ 0.25V) and
the Low-Voltage Cutoff (V
LCO
= 0.8V). When V
BAT
is
outside this range, the bq2954 determines that no battery
is present and transitions to the battery test state, testing
for valid battery voltage. The bq2954 detects battery re
-
moval when V
BAT
falls below V
LCO
. The BTST pin is
driven high during battery test and can activate an exter
nal battery contact pull-up. This pull-up may be used to
activate an over-discharged Li-Ion battery pack. The V
HCO
limit implicitly serves as an over-voltage charge fault. The
CHG output can be used to disconnect capacitors from the
regulation circuitry in order to quickly detect a battery-re
moved condition.
Battery insertion is detected within 500ms. Transition
to the fast-charge phase, however, will not occur for time
t
HO
(approximately one second), even if voltage qualifi
-
cation V
MIN
is reached. This delay prevents a voltage
spike at the BAT input from causing premature entry
into the fast-charge phase. It also creates a delay in
detection of battery removal if the battery is removed
during this hold-off period.
Temperature Monitoring
Temperature is measured as a differential voltage be
tween TS and BAT-. This voltage is typically generated
by a NTC (negative temperature coefficient) thermistor
and thermistor linearization network. The bq2954 com
pares this voltage to its internal threshold voltages to
determine if charging is allowed. These thresholds are
the following:
■
High-Temperature Cutoff Voltage: V
TCO
= 0.4 ∗ V
CC
This voltage corresponds to the maximum temperature
(TCO) at which charging is allowed.
■
High-Temperature Fault Voltage: V
HTF
= 0.44 ∗ V
CC
This voltage corresponds to the temperature (HTF) at
which charging resumes after exceeding TCO.
■
Low-Temperature Fault Voltage: V
LTF
= 0.6 ∗ V
CC
This voltage corresponds to the minimum temperature
(LTF) at which charging is allowed.
Charging is inhibited if the temperature is outside the
LTF—TCO window. Once the temperature exceeds
TCO, it must drop below HTF before charging resumes.
RT1 and RT2 for the thermistor linearization network
are determined as follows:
061.
()
()
∗=
+
∗+
∗
V
V
RT1 RT2 R
RT2 R
CC
LTF
LTF
(3)
044
1
1
.
()
()
=
+
∗+
∗
RT1 RT2 R
RT2 R
HTF
HTF
(4)
where
R
LTF
= thermistor resistance at LTF
R
HTF
= thermistor resistance at HTF
V=V
CC
- 0.250 in low-side current sensing
V= V
CC
in high-side current sensing
TCO is determined by the values of RT1 and RT2. 1%
resistors are recommended.
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