SLUSF21 june 2023 BQ79616
PRODUCTION DATA
The device provides an individual balancing timer for each channel. The balancing timer is the primary control setting to start and stop the cell balancing on a channel. The balancing timer is configured by CB_CELL*_CTRL registers, where * = 1 to 16 corresponding to CBFET 1 (CB channel 1) to CBFET 16 (CB channel 16). A non-zero value in these registers sets up the corresponding channels for balancing, but the CBFETs will not turn on until MCU issues the BAL_CTRL2[BAL_GO] = 1. When a channel balancing timer expires, cell balancing on that channel stops. Cell balancing can also stop with other conditions, like cell voltage below a certain threshold, unmasked fault is detected, or a forced stop by the host. Section 8.3.3.3 summarizes the cell balancing stop conditions.