SLUSFQ1A December 2024 – December 2024 BQ41Z90
ADVANCE INFORMATION
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When a Short Circuit in Discharge Latch or Overcurrent in Discharge Latch protection fault has occurred and the DSG FET is off, the device can be configured to recover when load removal is detected. This feature is useful if the system has a removable pack, such that the user can remove the pack from the system when a fault occurs, or if the effective system load that remains on the battery pack is higher than a set threshold (minimum of 300 Ω) when the DSG FET is disabled. The device will periodically enable a 3mA current source out the LD pin and will recover the fault if a voltage is detected at the LD pin above a set threshold level. If a low-impedance load is still present on the pack, the voltage the device measures on the LD pin is lower than the threshold voltage, preventing recovery based on Load Detect. If the pack has been removed from the system and the effective load is high, then the device can recover from the fault. This feature can be also used to detect if the load impdeance is too low before turning on the CHG and DSG FETs in the power-up.