SLUUCI8A November   2023  – October 2026 BQ76905

 

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  2.   Read This First
    1.     About This Manual
    2.     Battery Notational Conventions
    3.     Trademarks
    4.     Glossary
  3. 1 Introduction
  4. 2 Device Description
    1. 2.1 Overview
    2. 2.2 Functional Block Diagram
  5. 3 Device Configuration
    1. 3.1 Direct Commands and Subcommands
    2. 3.2 Configuration Using OTP or Registers
    3. 3.3 Data Formats
      1. 3.3.1 Unsigned Integer
      2. 3.3.2 Integer
      3. 3.3.3 Hex
  6. 4 Device Security
  7. 5 Measurement Subsystem
    1. 5.1 Voltage Measurement
      1. 5.1.1 Voltage Measurement Schedule
      2. 5.1.2 Unused VC Cell Input Pins
      3. 5.1.3 General Purpose ADCIN Functionality
    2. 5.2 Coulomb Counter and Digital Filters
    3. 5.3 Internal Temperature Measurement
    4. 5.4 Thermistor Temperature Measurement
    5. 5.5 Measurement Calibration
  8. 6 Protection Subsystem
    1. 6.1  Protections Overview
    2. 6.2  Protection FET Drivers
    3. 6.3  Cell Overvoltage Protection
    4. 6.4  Cell Undervoltage Protection
    5. 6.5  Short Circuit in Discharge Protection
    6. 6.6  Overcurrent in Charge Protection
    7. 6.7  Overcurrent in Discharge 1 and 2 Protections
    8. 6.8  Current Protection Latch
    9. 6.9  CHG Detector
    10. 6.10 Overtemperature in Charge Protection
    11. 6.11 Overtemperature in Discharge Protection
    12. 6.12 Internal Overtemperature Protection
    13. 6.13 Undertemperature in Charge Protection
    14. 6.14 Undertemperature in Discharge Protection
    15. 6.15 Host Watchdog Protection
    16. 6.16 Cell Open Wire Detection
    17. 6.17 Voltage Reference Measurement Diagnostic Protection
    18. 6.18 VSS Measurement Diagnostic Protection
    19. 6.19 REGOUT Diagnostic Protection
    20. 6.20 LFO Oscillator Integrity Diagnostic Protection
    21. 6.21 Internal Factory Trim Diagnostic Protection
  9. 7 Device Status and Controls
    1. 7.1 0x00 Control Status() and 0x12 Battery Status() Commands
    2. 7.2 LDOs
    3. 7.3 ALERT Pin Operation
    4. 7.4 TS Pin Operation
    5. 7.5 Programmable Timer
    6. 7.6 Device Event Timing
  10. 8 Operational Modes
    1. 8.1 Overview of Operational Modes
    2. 8.2 NORMAL Mode
    3. 8.3 SLEEP Mode
    4. 8.4 DEEPSLEEP Mode
    5. 8.5 SHUTDOWN Mode
    6. 8.6 CONFIG_UPDATE Mode
  11. 9 I2C Serial Communications
    1. 9.1 I2C Serial Communications Interface
  12. 10Cell Balancing
    1. 10.1 Cell Balancing
  13. 11Commands and Subcommands
    1. 11.1 Direct Commands
    2. 11.2 Bit field Definitions for Direct Commands
      1. 11.2.1  Safety Alert A Register
      2. 11.2.2  Safety Status A Register
      3. 11.2.3  Safety Alert B Register
      4. 11.2.4  Safety Status B Register
      5. 11.2.5  Battery Status Register
      6. 11.2.6  Alarm Status Register
      7. 11.2.7  Alarm Raw Status Register
      8. 11.2.8  Alarm Enable Register
      9. 11.2.9  FET CONTROL Register
      10. 11.2.10 REGOUT CONTROL Register
      11. 11.2.11 DSG FET Driver PWM Control Register
      12. 11.2.12 CHG FET Driver PWM Control Register
    3. 11.3 Command-only Subcommands
    4. 11.4 Subcommands with Data
    5. 11.5 Bit field Definitions for Subcommands
      1. 11.5.1 DEVICE NUMBER Register
      2. 11.5.2 FW VERSION Register
      3. 11.5.3 HW VERSION Register
      4. 11.5.4 SECURITY KEYS Register
      5. 11.5.5 CB ACTIVE CELLS Register
      6. 11.5.6 PROG TIMER Register
      7. 11.5.7 PROT RECOVERY Register
  14. 12Data Memory
    1. 12.1 Calibration
      1. 12.1.1 Calibration:Voltage
        1. 12.1.1.1 Calibration:Voltage:Cell 1 Gain
        2. 12.1.1.2 Calibration:Voltage:Cell 2 Gain Delta
        3. 12.1.1.3 Calibration:Voltage:Cell 3 Gain Delta
        4. 12.1.1.4 Calibration:Voltage:Cell 4 Gain Delta
        5. 12.1.1.5 Calibration:Voltage:Cell 5 Gain Delta
        6. 12.1.1.6 Calibration:Voltage:Stack Gain
      2. 12.1.2 Calibration:Current
        1. 12.1.2.1 Calibration:Current:Curr Gain
        2. 12.1.2.2 Calibration:Current:Curr Offset
        3. 12.1.2.3 Calibration:Current:CC1 Gain
        4. 12.1.2.4 Calibration:Current:CC1 Offset
      3. 12.1.3 Calibration:Temperature
        1. 12.1.3.1 Calibration:Temperature:TS Offset
        2. 12.1.3.2 Calibration:Temperature:Int Temp Gain
        3. 12.1.3.3 Calibration:Temperature:Int Temp Offset
    2. 12.2 Settings
      1. 12.2.1 Settings:Configuration
        1. 12.2.1.1 Settings:Configuration:Power Config
        2. 12.2.1.2 Settings:Configuration:REGOUT Config
        3. 12.2.1.3 Settings:Configuration:I2C Address
        4. 12.2.1.4 Settings:Configuration:I2C Config
        5. 12.2.1.5 Settings:Configuration:DA Config
        6. 12.2.1.6 Settings:Configuration:Vcell Mode
        7. 12.2.1.7 Settings:Configuration:Default Alarm Mask
        8. 12.2.1.8 Settings:Configuration:FET Options
        9. 12.2.1.9 Settings:Configuration:Charge Detector Time
      2. 12.2.2 Settings:Cell Balancing
        1. 12.2.2.1 Settings:Cell Balancing:Balancing Configuration
        2. 12.2.2.2 Settings:Cell Balancing:Min Temp Threshold
        3. 12.2.2.3 Settings:Cell Balancing:Max Temp Threshold
        4. 12.2.2.4 Settings:Cell Balancing:Max Internal Temp
      3. 12.2.3 Settings:Protection
        1. 12.2.3.1 Settings:Protection:Enabled Protections A
        2. 12.2.3.2 Settings:Protection:Enabled Protections B
        3. 12.2.3.3 Settings:Protection:DSG FET Protections A
        4. 12.2.3.4 Settings:Protection:CHG FET Protections A
        5. 12.2.3.5 Settings:Protection:Both FET Protections B
        6. 12.2.3.6 Settings:Protection:Body Diode Threshold
        7. 12.2.3.7 Settings:Protection:Cell Open Wire NORMAL Check Time
        8. 12.2.3.8 Settings:Protection:Cell Open Wire SLEEP Check Time
        9. 12.2.3.9 Settings:Protection:Host Watchdog Timeout
    3. 12.3 Protections
      1. 12.3.1 Protections:Cell Voltage
        1. 12.3.1.1 Protections:Cell Voltage:Cell Undervoltage Protection Threshold
        2. 12.3.1.2 Protections:Cell Voltage:Cell Undervoltage Protection Delay
        3. 12.3.1.3 Protections:Cell Voltage:Cell Undervoltage Protection Recovery Hysteresis
        4. 12.3.1.4 Protections:Cell Voltage:Cell Overvoltage Protection Threshold
        5. 12.3.1.5 Protections:Cell Voltage:Cell Overvoltage Protection Delay
        6. 12.3.1.6 Protections:Cell Voltage:Cell Overvoltage Protection Recovery Hysteresis
      2. 12.3.2 Protections:Current
        1. 12.3.2.1  Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Charge Protection Threshold
        2. 12.3.2.2  Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Charge Protection Delay
        3. 12.3.2.3  Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Threshold
        4. 12.3.2.4  Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Delay
        5. 12.3.2.5  Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Threshold
        6. 12.3.2.6  Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Delay
        7. 12.3.2.7  Protections:Current:Short Circuit in Discharge Protection Threshold
        8. 12.3.2.8  Protections:Current:Short Circuit in Discharge Protection Delay
        9. 12.3.2.9  Protections:Current:Latch Limit
        10. 12.3.2.10 Protections:Current:Recovery Time
      3. 12.3.3 Protections:Temperature
        1. 12.3.3.1  Protections:Temperature:Overtemperature in Charge Protection Threshold
        2. 12.3.3.2  Protections:Temperature:Overtemperature in Charge Protection Delay
        3. 12.3.3.3  Protections:Temperature:Overtemperature in Charge Protection Recovery
        4. 12.3.3.4  Protections:Temperature:Undertemperature in Charge Protection Threshold
        5. 12.3.3.5  Protections:Temperature:Undertemperature in Charge Protection Delay
        6. 12.3.3.6  Protections:Temperature:Undertemperature in Charge Protection Recovery
        7. 12.3.3.7  Protections:Temperature:Overtemperature in Discharge Protection Threshold
        8. 12.3.3.8  Protections:Temperature:Overtemperature in Discharge Protection Delay
        9. 12.3.3.9  Protections:Temperature:Overtemperature in Discharge Protection Recovery
        10. 12.3.3.10 Protections:Temperature:Undertemperature in Discharge Protection Threshold
        11. 12.3.3.11 Protections:Temperature:Undertemperature in Discharge Protection Delay
        12. 12.3.3.12 Protections:Temperature:Undertemperature in Discharge Protection Recovery
        13. 12.3.3.13 Protections:Temperature:Internal Overtemperature Protection Threshold
        14. 12.3.3.14 Protections:Temperature:Internal Overtemperature Protection Delay
        15. 12.3.3.15 Protections:Temperature:Internal Overtemperature Protection Recovery
    4. 12.4 Power
      1. 12.4.1 Power:Sleep
        1. 12.4.1.1 Power:Sleep:Sleep Current
        2. 12.4.1.2 Power:Sleep:Voltage Time
        3. 12.4.1.3 Power:Sleep:Wake Comparator Current
      2. 12.4.2 Power:Shutdown
        1. 12.4.2.1 Power:Shutdown:Shutdown Cell Voltage
        2. 12.4.2.2 Power:Shutdown:Shutdown Stack Voltage
        3. 12.4.2.3 Power:Shutdown:Shutdown Temperature
        4. 12.4.2.4 Power:Shutdown:Auto Shutdown Time
    5. 12.5 Security
      1. 12.5.1 Security:Settings
        1. 12.5.1.1 Security:Settings:Security Settings
        2. 12.5.1.2 Security:Settings:Full Access Key Step 1
        3. 12.5.1.3 Security:Settings:Full Access Key Step 2
    6. 12.6 Data Memory Summary
  15. 13Revision History

6.7 Overcurrent in Discharge 1 and 2 Protections

The BQ76905 integrates two Overcurrent in Discharge Protections (OCD1, OCD2) using a comparator that monitors the differential voltage across the SRN - SRP pins and triggers an OCD1 or OCD2 alert or fault when the voltage exceeds a programmable threshold VOCD1 and VOCD2, respectively. The VOCD1/2 thresholds are programmable from 4mV to 200mV in 2mV steps using the Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Threshold and Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Threshold configuration registers. These two protections operate identically, but can have independent threshold and delay settings. The OCD1 and OCD2 protections are enabled using the Settings:Protection:Enabled Protections A:[OCD1] and [OCD2] configuration bits.

The OCD1/2 circuitry triggers an alert signal when an overcurrent in discharge event is first detected, then triggers a fault if it persists for a programmable detection delay, OCD1_DLY or OCD2_DLY, which can be set as shown below.

Setting Nominal Delay (ms)
0 Fastest (approximately 0.46ms)
1 to 64 1.22ms to 20.435ms in steps of 0.305ms
65 to 128 22.875ms to 176.595ms in steps of 2.44ms
129 to 192 181.475ms to 488.915ms in steps of 4.88ms
193 to 255 498.675ms to 1103.795ms in steps of 9.77ms

The delay is set by the Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Delay and Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Delay configuration registers.

When an OCD fault is triggered, the device turns off the DSG FET if configured for autonomous FET control in Settings:Protection:DSG FET Protections A[OCD1, OCD2]. The device recovers after a programmable delay given by Protections:Current:Recovery Time, which can be set from 1 second to 255 seconds in 1-second steps. A recovery time setting of 0 disables autonomous recovery, in which case recovery only occurs when the PROT_RECOVERY() command is sent from the host with the appropriate [OCD1REC] or [OCD2REC] bit set. Continual retrying of time-based recovery can be avoided by using the Current Protection Latch feature.

Table 6-13 Overcurrent in Discharge Protection Operation
Status Condition Action
Normal VSRN–VSRP ≤ setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Threshold Safety Alert A()[OCD1] = 0.
Clear current latch counter if no current protection fault occurs for 5 seconds.
Normal VSRN–VSRP ≤ setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Threshold Safety Alert A()[OCD2] = 0.
Clear current latch counter if no current protection fault occurs for 5 seconds.
Alert VSRN–VSRP > setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Threshold Safety Alert A()[OCD1] = 1
Alert VSRN–VSRP > setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Threshold Safety Alert A()[OCD2] = 1
Trip VSRP–VSRN > setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Threshold for Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Delay duration. Safety Alert A()[OCD1] = 0
Safety Status A()[OCD1] = 1
Increment current latch counter.
Trip VSRP–VSRN > setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Threshold for Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Delay duration. Safety Alert A()[OCD2] = 0
Safety Status A()[OCD2] = 1
Increment current latch counter.
Recovery Safety Status A()[OCD1] = 1 and
VSRN–VSRP ≤ setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 1 Protection Threshold for Protections:Current:Recovery Time duration.		 Safety Status A()[OCD1] = 0
DSG FET can be re-enabled if conditions allow and it is not latched off.
Recovery Safety Status A()[OCD2] = 1 and
VSRN–VSRP ≤ setting selected by Protections:Current:Overcurrent in Discharge 2 Protection Threshold for Protections:Current:Recovery Time duration.		 Safety Status A()[OCD2] = 0
DSG FET can be re-enabled if conditions allow and it is not latched off.
Latch Limit Current latch counter ≥ Protections:Current:Latch Limit Safety Status A()[CURLATCH] = 1
DSG FET is latched off and not autonomously re-enabled.