JAJST23 June 2024 BQ41Z50
ADVANCE INFORMATION
The FUSE pin of the BQ41Z50 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. Q6 ignites the chemical fuse when its gate is high. The 6.5V output of the BQ41Z50 is divided by R24 and R25, which provides adequate gate drive for Q6 while guarding against excessive back current into the BQ296103 if the FUSE signal is high.
Using C5 is generally a good practice, especially for RFI immunity. C5 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 FUSE output is not used, it should be connected to VSS.