Battery backup unit (BBU)

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Battery backup unit (BBU)

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Overview

Our integrated circuits and reference designs help you create high efficiency, high power density AC/DC and DC/DC battery backup units (BBUs) for various server power supply units (PSU), telecom PSU and industrial applications.

Design requirements

Modern BBUs often require:

  • Fast charging to backup mode transition.
  • High power density to pack more power in less space.
  • High efficiency to extend battery backup time.

Block diagram

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Analog-controlled BBU

Battery Battery Backup DC/DC power stage Backup DC/DC power stage Gate driver Gate driver Buck controller Buck controller LV MOSFET LV MOSFET Amp Amp Comp Comp Output protection Output protection ORing ORing Hot swap Hot swap LV MOSFET LV MOSFET Communication interface Communication interface I2C transceiver I2C transceiver Ethernet Ethernet Digital isolator Digital isolator LDO LDO Charging DC/DC power stage Charging DC/DC power stage Gate driver Gate driver Boost controller Boost controller LV MOSFET LV MOSFET Amp Amp Comp Comp Control Control MCU MCU VREF VREF Comp Comp LDO LDO Supervisor/ reset Supervisor/ reset Logic gate Logic gate MEMORY MEMORY Battery monitoring and protection Battery monitoringand protection Fuel gauge Fuel gauge Protection and authentication Protection and authentication

Battery monitoring & protection

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This subsystem implements battery management, gauging and protections features used to monitor the batteries in the BBU. It communicates this information with the control unit.

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Battery management ICs (18)
Battery fuel gauges
  • BQ34Z100-R2Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ41Z903 to 16 series Li-ion highly integrated battery fuel gauge, monitor and protector
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ33100Fully integrated, single chip, super capacitor health manager
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ40Z802-s to 6-s battery pack manager with Impedance Track™ gas gauging
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ40Z50-R21-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ78350-R1ACEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Battery monitors & balancers
  • BQ79731-Q1Automotive high-voltage battery pack monitor with voltage, current and insulation resistance sensing
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ7961616-S precision battery monitor, balancer and integrated protector with stacking interface
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ769723s-to-16s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-poly and LiFePO4
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ769523-s to 16-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ79600-Q1Automotive SPI/UART communication interface functional-safety compliant with automatic host wakeup
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ76925Analog front end for 3 to 6 series lithium-ion cells
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Battery protectors
  • BQ77216Voltage and temperature protection for 3-s to 16-s cell Li-ion batteries with internal delay timer
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ2947Lithium-ion protection for accurate cell-by-cell voltage monitoring
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ779153-series to 5-series stackable ultra-low-power primary protector with autonomous cell balancing
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ76200High-side n-channel FET driver
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ7718Family 2-5S Overvoltage Protector with Internal Delay Timer
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • BQ29612-4S Overvoltage Protector with LDO Output
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TIDA-0044910s Battery Pack Monitoring, Balancing, and Comprehensive Protection. 50A Discharge Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00792Multi-Cell 36-48V Battery Management System Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-008831 to 4 Series Cell Li-Ion Battery Pack Manager Reference Design
    Test report: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-010030Accurate gauging and 50-μA standby current, 13-S, 48-V li-ion battery pack reference design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-01007416S-17S Battery pack reference design with low current consumption
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF

Technical documentation

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More literature Bi-directional DC/DC converter topology comparison and design (PPT) 30 Aug 2016
Technical article Fast and furious: designing longer-lasting 16S-17S Li-ion battery packs for e-moto PDF | HTML 23 Jun 2023
Technical article Digital power control advances GaN PFC design PDF | HTML 14 Aug 2023
Technical article For efficiencies’ sake – how to integrate bidirectional power flow (part 2) PDF | HTML 11 Aug 2023
Analog Design Journal Multimode control for a four‐switch buck‐boost converter 08 Jan 2019

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