JAJU876 October 2022
Due to the auxiliary power strategy, this design has very low current consumption, especially when in standby mode and ship mode. System-level current consumption contains three parts: (1) DC/DC current, (2) BQ76952 current (current into BQ76952 BAT pin), and (3) LDO current (current into BQ76952 REGIN pin). This current can be measured from the voltage across (1) R78, (2) R54, and (3) R78. Table 3-3 shows the test results of current consumption.
MODE | DESCRIPTION | R79 (100 Ω) | R54 (100 Ω) | R78 (309 Ω) | TOTAL CURRENT (μA) |
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Standby (MOSFET off) | Voltage (mV) | 0.64 | 32 | 9.9 | 70.6 |
Current (μA) | 6.6 | 32 | 32 | ||
Standby (MOSFET on) | Voltage (mV) | 31 | 32 | 9.9 | 374 |
Current (μA) | 310 | 32 | 32 | ||
Ship | Voltage (mV) | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
Current (μA) | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
Total current consumption is less than 100-μA in standby mode with both charge and discharge MOSFETs off. If both charge and discharge MOSFETs are required on in standby mode to secure zero discharge delay, the total current consumption is larger since driver circuit require several mA current. This design has about 400-μA total input current with both MOSFETs on. One way to decrease DC/DC input current is to decrease DC/DC switching frequency, circuits are reserved in this design. More drive circuit information is available in the Using Low-Side FETs with the BQ769x2 Battery Monitor Family application note.
Figure 3-4, Figure 3-5, and Figure 3-6 show the
auxiliary circuit start-up and output ripple for both 12 V and
3.3 V.