SLUSBS8B December 2013 – November 2019 BQ40Z50
PRODUCTION DATA.
The System Present signal is used to inform the gas gauge whether the pack is installed into or removed from the system. In the host system, this pin is grounded. The PRES pin of the BQ40Z50 is occasionally sampled to test for system present. To save power, an internal pullup is provided by the gas gauge during a brief 4-μs sampling pulse once per second. A resistor can be used to pull the signal low and the resistance must be 20 kΩ or lower to insure that the test pulse is lower than the VIL limit. The pull-up current source is typically 10 µA to 20 µA.
Because the System Present signal is part of the pack connector interface to the outside world, it must be protected from external electrostatic discharge events. An integrated ESD protection on the PRES device pin reduces the external protection requirement to just R29 for an 8-kV ESD contact rating. However, if it is possible that the System Present signal may short to PACK+, then R28 and D4 must be included for high-voltage protection.