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BQ76942: Power on under short circuit condition (Using LD pin)

Part Number: BQ76942

The customer is doing "power on under short circuit condition" test.

they are using LD pin to wake up the AFE. (VWAKEONLD)

They designed a start circuit. When they push the button, the B+ voltage will be connected to LD pin.

But every time the customer push the button, there will always a voltage pulse in the DSG FET Gate, and the Vgs will be larger than the FET threshold voltage.

And the FET will be turned on for nearly 40ms. In the short circuit condition, the MOSFET and fuse will be burnt.

(The SW is connected to ground when the button is pushed. i SW is connected to MCU)

  (The magnitude of DSG could be 1/5) (Probe GND is B-)

They have tried the following tests:

1. disconnect LD pin with P+, the DSG will have the same issues. In this situation, there is circuit connection between LD with DSG outside the BQ76942.

(In this waveform, Probe GND is B+. We could see the GS voltage turn on the FET)

 

The BQ76942 is not OTPed. The customer used MCU to change the register. But in that time, the MCU is not powered on yet. LDO 3.3V need 20ms to prepare.

 Do you know any potential reason that could explain why DSG pin voltage follows the LD voltage when BQ76942 power on?

Which could lead to turning on FET and burnt the FUSE in short.

It is leaked internally?

  • Hi Fabio,

    Your assumption is correct, there's an internal connection between DSG and LD when DSG is switched off. This is most likely the reason why activating the switch turns the DSG FET on. Is there a reason why the customer is using LD instead of TS2 to wake the device?

    Regards,

    Max Verboncoeur

  • Hi Max, Thanks for your support.

    Do you know what is the internal connecting between DSG and LD look like?

    So in general, we recommending using LD for charger detection wake up and TS2 for button push wake up?

  • Hi Fabio,

    It is not included in the pin equivalent diagrams, however when the pin is disconnected from the charge pump, it is connected to LD via an internal resistance.

    I think it would be better for the customer to use TS2 wake if they want to be able to control waking the device via a switch or digital signal. LD wake is intended for charger detection and because of the internal connection to DSG, I don't think it is feasible to wake the device through LD using BAT+.

    Regards,

    Max Verboncoeur

  • Hi Max, Thanks for your support.

    Do you know the estimate internal resistance value?

    There is no much time left to customer to redesign the board.

    The customer still want to use external circuit to solve this issue.

  • Hi Fabio,

    I checked with Luis; we don't have a spec for the exact value, but it's somewhere between 35Mohms and 40Mohms.

    Regards,

    Max Verboncoeur