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BQ4050: Measure low currents

Part Number: BQ4050
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQ27426,

Hello,

My question is about sensing low currents (For coulomb counter):

- Battery – LiFePO4 – 1.1Ah.

- Charge current – 100mA.

- Discharge current - 100uA .

- If i use  Rsense of 0.5 Ohm:

- In charge Vsense= 50mV.

- In discharge Vsense= 50uV.

 

As I Understand from the datasheet (table 6.14), the minimum Sense Voltage is 3.71uV. So I can measure 50uV (If it is correct,  I can measure 100uA and 100mA with the same Rsense).

In this case  coloumb counter function will operate with error of 3.71uv/50uv = 7.42%  (In the discharge period).

Is it right?

Best Regards,

Arkadi