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Dear TI support,
My name is Joaquim Martinez and I am desiging a battery charger for a 1800mAh LiPo battery.
For this I am using a QI BQ51013B and BQ24040 and my desired charge current is 800mA. The problem is that I can't never achieve the 800mA, the current is always arounf 350-400mA, even disabling the communication current limit setting QI EN2 to "1". According with the components descriptors of both datasheets, my setup and values are:
BQ51013B:
Coil: VISHAY IWAS-3827EC-50 (Ls:10.7uH and L's = 15.7uH aprox)
C1 (series capacitor): 103nF/16V. matched for 125KHz.
C2 (parallel capacitor): 2.47nF/16V. matched for 1MHz.
Ccomm_x = 22nF/25V
Cboot_x = 10nF/25V
Cclamp_X = 470nF/16V
EN1 = 0, EN2 = 1 (tied directly to REG output and to an external 5V)
TS_CTRL pin with 10k resistor to GND.
Rfod = 196R
Ros = 20K
R1 = 82R -> Current limit 1.1A, Imax = 942mA
C4 (Cout) = 10uF/16V
C3 (Crect) = 10uF+4.7uF/25V
BQ24040:
R_Iset = 680R -> charge current to 790mA
R_preterm = 2K
I have done several tests and I can't increase the charge current. My tests are based on two scenarios:
1. With the whole system: QI+charger+battery
2. QI+variable load equipment (no battery and with charger isolated).
In the scenario 1, current is limited to 350-400mA, in the constant current phase, and Vout from BQ51013B is 5.07V. In the scenario 2, when I increase the load current, through the dynamic load equipment, when I reach the 400mA, Vout starts to fall to 4.5, 4, 3.5, etc. in the way that I increase the current charge.
I tried to recalculate C1 and C2 to match them to 100KHz, but the problem is the same.
Since I am sure that the resistors for setting the current limits and operation of both IC are good, and EN2 is ok, I doubting about the coil, matching C1 and C2 values and max DC voltage of all capacitors connected to the coil. My doubts are:
1. According to the coil datasheet, it can works up 10W. This is the same power that a recommended coil in the datasheet (IWAS-4832FF-50). Is the size of my coil good for achieve the 800mA? I think yes, because in BQ51013B datasheet they are smaller coils.
2. The matching values are ok? Must I calculate the values for 100KHz or 125KHz?
3. How affect the DC rated voltage for C clamp and C1 and C2 that I am using (16V)?. Is this a problem? can explain my problem?
4. Finally, how important are Cout and Crect values to achieve the 800mA?
Please, can anybody help me with this?
Thanks.
Joaquim.