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I have a problem with the BQ76942 circuit in an application using 9 battery cells. In this configuration, I have tied VC10 to VC9 as recommended for 9-cell operation.
Currently, I’m using external FETs to increase the balancing current to approximately 100 mA. However, I’ve encountered an issue where cell 8 and cell 9, which are at the top of the balancing circuit, balance much more slowly than the other cells. For example, the other cells are balanced down to the minimum cell voltage within about 30 minutes, but cells 8 and 9 remain almost unchanged during this time.
I have reviewed the TI documentation and found that the device stops balancing when reading the PACK voltage. To test this, I disabled the function BQ769x2_ReadVoltage(PACKPinVoltage);
related to reading the PACK voltage. However, the issue persists—cells 8 and 9 still balance very slowly.
Please provide guidance on how to address this issue.
Thank you,
Khanh