SLUUCW9 December 2023 BQ76972
The BQ76972 device integrates a Voltage Imbalance in Active (VIMA) Permanent Fail, which can permanently disable the pack if an excessive level of cell imbalance is detected while the pack is in a charging state, which is determined by the measured current meeting or exceeding Permanent Fail:VIMA:Min Active Current. The VIMA PF is only checked if the maximum cell voltage is above Permanent Fail:VIMA:Check Voltage and the measured current is not less than Permanent Fail:VIMA:Min Active Current. This check generates a PF fault when a cell imbalance (that is, the difference in the maximum and minimum cell voltages) is detected that meets or exceeds Permanent Fail:VIMA:Threshold for a time duration of Permanent Fail:VIMA:Delay. This PF check is enabled by setting the Settings:Permanent Failure:Enabled PF B[VIMA] and Settings:Manufacturing:Mfg Status Init[PF_EN] configuration bits.