SLUSBV4B June 2018 – September 2020 BQ40Z80
PRODUCTION DATA
The FUSE pin of the BQ40Z80 is designed to ignite the chemical fuse if one of the various safety criteria is violated. The FUSE pin also monitors the state of the secondary-voltage protection IC. Q9 ignites the chemical fuse when its gate is high. The output of the bq7718xx is divided by R22 and R30, which provides adequate gate drive for Q9 while guarding against excessive back current into the bq7718xx if the FUSE signal is high.
Using C8 is generally a good practice, especially for RFI immunity. C8 may be removed, if desired, because the chemical fuse is a comparatively slow device and is not affected by any sub-microsecond glitches that come from the FUSE output during the cell connection process.
If the AFEFUSE output is not used, it should be connected to VSS.
When the BQ40Z80 is commanded to ignite the chemical fuse, the FUSE pin activates to give a typical 8-V output.