SLUUBY1B December 2020 – April 2022 BQ76942
The BQ76942 device integrates an Internal Undertemperature (UTINT) Protection that triggers an alert or fault when the internal temperature is less than or equal to a programmable threshold TUTINT. The TUTINT threshold is programmable from -40°C to 120°C in 1°C steps using the Protections:UTINT:Threshold configuration register. The UTINT protection is enabled using the Settings:Protection:Enabled Protections B:[UTINT] configuration bit.
The UTINT protection triggers an alert signal when an undertemperature in charge event is first detected, then will trigger a fault after a programmable detection delay, UTINT_DLY, which can be set from 0-sec to 255-sec in units of 1-sec. The delay is set by the Protections:UTINT:Delay configuration register.
When a UTINT fault is triggered, the device will turn off the DSG FET, the CHG FET, or both FETs if configured for autonomous FET control, based on settings in Settings:Protection:DSG FET Protections B[UTINT] and Settings:Protection:CHG FET Protections B[UTINT]. The device will recover (if configured for autonomous recovery) when the temperature is less than or equal to the threshold set by Protections:UTINT:Recovery for Protections:Recovery:Time duration.