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BQ27220: Coping with short and high load current pulses

Part Number: BQ27220

hello

My application is IOT style, and has long periods of low current and short pulses of high current.

I'm checking the bq27220 to be a coulomb counter for my applecation.

I have few questions about dealing with short or very high pulses with the gauge:

  1. What is the bq27220 ability to detect short pulses? 
    from which width the gauge might miss the pulse?

In addition, we want to put a capacitor in parelel to Rsense to average the current, for dealing with high pulses (that will cause a bigger voltage drop then permitted)

  • Can we add this capacitor in parelel to Rsense without damaging the gauge proper operation?
  • Do you have any recomended design, or guidelines for this design?

And finally, I understand that the gauge 'wake up' is depand on the 'current' register, and not on the 'average current' register,

  • what is the 'wake up time from sleep' of the device?
    I could found the 'wake up time from shutdown', but not the time from sleep (check both in the datasheet and TRM)

thank you very much

arnon

  • hi Arnon,
    The ADC is a delta sigma converter so it has the with a very high sampling frequency, 64khz, so you don't need to worry about your high pulses. notwithstanding i have seen customers added a cap like you described and that helps smooth out the pulses.

    The gauge wakes once every 20sec to take measurements in sleep. I hope this helps
    thanks
    Onyx
  • hi Onyx, 

    Thank you for your quick answer

     

    About the 'wake up time', what i was ment to ask is,

    • How much time it take for the 'wake up comperator' to wake the gauge, after the threshold is reached?
      and, how much time after sending a 'wake up' order, the gauge is fully waken up?

    Additionaly, I understand there are no restrictions on placing this capacitor as i described, and it won't effect the gauge activity.

    thank you for your help

    have a great day

    arnon 

  • Hi Arnon,
    We didn't characterize that time, but it should be about the same time it takes the gauge to wake from shut down mode.
    tahanks
    Onyx