To support
higher
than 5-series cell
packs,
daisy-chain
multiple devices. Each device
has
OV, UV, OW, OTC, OTD, UTC, and UTD protections of its directly monitored cells,
while any fault conditions
disable
the global CHG and/or DSG FET
driver
automatically.
Note: Upper devices do not provide OCC, OCD1, OCD2, or
SCD protections, as these are based on pack current. For the BQ77915 device used
on the upper stack,
short
the SRP and SRN pins
to
prevent false detection.
To configure higher-cell packs, follow this procedure:
- Connect
each device on at least each of its three lowest cell input
pins.
- Connect
a
higher cell count to the upper devices (for example, for a
7-series configuration, connect four cells on the upper device and three cells
on the bottom device). This
provides
a stronger CTRx signal to the bottom device.
- Verify
each
device’s CCFG pin is configured appropriately for its specific number of cells
(that is, three, four, or five cells).
- Connect the upper CHG pins with an RCTRx to the immediate lower device CTRC pin.
- Connect the upper DSG pins with an RCTRx to the immediate lower device CTRD pin.
- All upper devices should have their SRP and SRN pins shorted to their VSS pins.
- Connect the upper CBI pins with an RCB to the immediate lower device CBO pin.
- Connect the upper LPWR pins with an RHIB to the immediate lower device PRES pin.
- Connect the upper OCDP pins with a 10-MΩ resistor to VSS. Use the lower OCDP pin to program the OCD1/2 delay.