SLUUBD4A April 2016 – November 2022 BQ27220
During Primary Charge Termination detection, one of the three requirements is that the accumulated change in capacity > 0.25 mAh per Current Taper Window for the BQ27220 device to start trying to qualify a termination. It must be above this Min Taper Capacity before BQ27220 starts trying to detect a primary charge termination.
The following conditions qualifies for Primary Charge Termination:
Normal Setting: If the value selected is too high, then it can cause no termination or late termination detection. An example value is 0.25 mAh or C/10 to C/20 based on battery cell characteristics and charger specification. Also two Current Taper qualifications are required to prevent false current taper. False primary termination could occur with pulse charging method and with random starting and resumption of the charge current, a condition that is important at the beginning or end of the qualification period.