The BQ76972 device integrates a broad suite of protections for battery management and provides the capability to enable individual protections, as well as to select which protections will result in autonomous control of the FETs. See the BQ76972 Technical Reference Manual for detailed descriptions of each protection function. The primary protection features include:
- Cell Undervoltage Protection
- Cell Overvoltage Protection
- Cell Overvoltage Latch Protection
- Overcurrent in Charge Protection
- Overcurrent in Discharge Protection
(three
tiers)
- Overcurrent in Discharge Latch Protection
- Short Circuit in Discharge Protection
- Short Circuit in Discharge Latch Protection
- Undertemperature in Charge Protection
- Undertemperature in Discharge Protection
- Internal Undertemperature Protection
- Overtemperature in Charge Protection
- Overtemperature in Discharge Protection
- Internal Overtemperature Protection
- FET Overtemperature Protection
- Precharge Timeout Protection
- Host Watchdog Fault Protection