Refer to BQ25570 cold start. There is a min input power to let the device exits its cold start mode. My question is for example of a small solar cell with 0.5mW output power (0.15mA *3.5V), supercap leakage 0.01mA@1.8V, will this solar cell let BQ25570 exit the cold start mode? What is the RSTOR(CS)? is it the ESR of the supercap or the stor capacitor which connects to the VSTOR?
See the energy harvester selection from the BQ25570 datasheet.
Energy Harvester Selection
The energy harvesting source (e.g., solar panel, TEG, vibration element) must provide a minimum level of power
for the IC to operate as designed. The IC's minimum input power required to exit cold start can be estimated as
PIN > [(I-STR_ELM_LEAK@1.8V X 1.8V) + (1.8V2/ RSTOR(CS))] / 0.05
where I-STR_ELM_LEAK@1.8V is the storage element leakage current at 1.8V and
RSTOR(CS) is the equivalent resitive load on VSTOR during cold start and 0.05 is an estimate of the worst case
efficiency of the cold start circuit.
http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/sluuaa7/sluuaa7.pdf