SLUUCH2 March 2021 BQ40Z50-R2
The BQ40Z50-R4 is required to be in RELAX mode before it can determine if the cells are unbalanced and how much balancing is required. The BQ40Z50-R4 enters RELAX mode when:
|Current()|< Quit Current for at least Dsg Relax Time when coming from DISCHARGE mode or Chg Relax Time when coming from CHARGE mode.
Once in RELAX mode, the BQ40Z50-R4 will take an OCV measurement after one of the following events occurs:
The determination of when to update the OCV data is part of the normal Impedance Track algorithm and is not specific to the cell balancing algorithm.
The BQ40Z50-R4 then calculates the amount of charge difference between cells with a higher state-of-charge than the lowest cell SOC. The value, dQ, is determined for each cell based by converting the measured OCV to Depth-of-Discharge (DOD) percentages using a temperature-compensated DOD versus OCV table lookup table. If the measured OCV does not coincide with a specific table entry, then the DOD value is linearly interpolated from the two adjacent DODs of the respective table adjacent OCVs.
The delta in DOD% between each cell and the cell of lowest SOC is multiplied by the respective cells QMax to create dQ: for example, dQ = CellnDOD – CellLOWEST_SOC DOD × CellnQMax (mAh).
The BQ40Z50-R4 calculates the required balancing time using dQ and Bal Time/mAh Cell 1 (for Cell 1) or Bal Time/mAh Cell 2–4 (for cells 2–4). The values of Bal Time/mAh Cell 1 and Bal Time/mAh Cell 2–4 are fixed values determined based on key system factors and are calculated by:
Bal Time/mAh Cell 1 = 3600 mAs/(VCELL/RVCx + Rcb) × DUTY/1000
Bal Time/mAh Cell 2–4 = 3600 mAs/(VCELL/(2×RVCx + Rcb) × DUTY)/1000
Internal Cell Balancing:
External Cell Balancing:
Where:
VCELL = average cell voltage (for example, 3700 mV for most chemistries)
RVCx = resistor value in series to VCx input (for example, 100 Ω, based on the reference schematic)
Rcb = cell balancing FET Rdson, which is 150 Ω200 Ω (Max)
DUTY = cell balancing duty cycle, which is 75% typ
The cell balancing time for each cell to be balanced is calculated by: dQCelln × Bal Time/mAh Cell 1 for Cell 1 or and dQCelln × Bal Time/mAh Cell 2–4 for Cell 2–4. The cell balancing time is stored in the 16-bit RAM register CellnBalanceTimer, providing a maximum calculated time of 65535 s (or 18.2 hrs). This update only occurs if a valid QMax update has been made; otherwise, they are all set to 0.