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BQ51050B: Understanding EPT Package condition

Part Number: BQ51050B

Tool/software:

Hi everyone,

I use the BQ51050B in a design charging a 675mAh battery and i am investigating a charging issue in the field which is very hard to reproduce in my lab.

In some rare cases the TX pads indicate an error which i could not understand so I built a demodulation circuit to read all the packages received by the TX pad.

When the error occurs, i receive the EPT with reason 00  after Signal strengt, Identification and Configuration package was received (a few Control error packages as well, log below)

when i try to replicate the error in my lab i cannot get this behaviour. For example shorting TS/CTRL  to the battery + will give me a EPT 00 as well but immediately without the other packages upfront

 

a disconnected Battery will behave the same.

AD - Pin is described in Table 1 as a possible cause but connected to GND wich so i cannot manipulate this pin for checking.

When i disconnect the battery and reconnect it, the behavior is gone and the System acts normally.

Is there a hint you could give me what to look at next?

here is the circuitry:

Best regards

Stefan