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BQ40Z60: fail to charge with low current

Part Number: BQ40Z60

Hello everyone,

This question is a duplicate of this question: 

Because it has been marked as "TI thinks resolved" but it is definitely not resolved.

I just noticed that when setting the current to low value (<= 300 mA, which is not that low), the charge completely fails to deliver said current. We can observe big overshoot for a bit and then the security gets triggered and cut the charge.

For higher current (i.e 350mA), this problem doesn't occur, I get a current significantly lower than expected, as described in other posts.

So, how can I get lower currents? This particularly critical especially because the pre-charge isn't working.

I attach the configuration I used: "testLowCurrent.gg.csv" (I only put the last one I used with 350mA, only "Rec Temp Charging/Current Med" changes for the different tests) and several logs with different values set for the charging current: "testLowCurrentXXXmA.log"

And here some plot:

I also attach the configuration (.gg.csv) that as been used during those tests. The sensing resistor is 10mOhm, therefore the configuration of "Advanced Charge Algorithm -> Charger -> Current Resolution" set at 39 is right. I am worried that the resolution is not good enough to regulate small current, but we tried with a 20mOhm resistor and didn't observe any difference.

I hope to get more useful answer than last time.

Best regards,

Yann

3225.20171227testLowCurrent.zip