SLUSBV4C June 2018 – June 2025 BQ40Z80
PRODUCTION DATA
As with the cell connections, the quality of the Kelvin connections at the sense resistor is critical. The sense resistor must have a temperature coefficient no greater than 50ppm to minimize current measurement drift with temperature. Select the value of the sense resistor to correspond to the available overcurrent and short-circuit ranges of the BQ40Z80. Select the smallest value possible to minimize the negative voltage generated on the BQ40Z80 VSS nodes during a short circuit. This pin has an absolute minimum of –0.3V. Parallel resistors can be used as long as good Kelvin sensing is maintained. The device is designed to support a 1mΩ to 3mΩ sense resistor, and a 1mΩ sense resistor is used, shown as R52. When using 1mΩ, large currents during a short circuit event can cause the voltage across the sense resistor to exceed the absolute maximum of the pin. Therefore, placing 100Ω series resistors R47 and R48 are required, as shown in the schematic.