TIDUEY0A November 2020 – December 2025
Figure 2-2 shows the software implementation of current and voltage control loops. Voltage loop is cascaded to the current to achieve both constant-current and constant-voltage in charging and discharging modes. When the battery voltage is far away from the constant-voltage setting (VSET), the voltage loop gets saturated to constant current setting (ISET). When battery voltage reaches close to VSET, the voltage loop is closed, and ISET is reduced to make sure the battery voltage does not exceed the VSET limit. The controller works in both charge and discharge modes. In the charge mode, VSET limits the maximum battery voltage, thus stops the charging. While in the discharge mode, VSET limits the minimum battery voltage which stops the discharging.