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BQ25882: BQ25882 and Battery Balance

Part Number: BQ25882
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQ25887

My applications are as follows:

1. Two lithium-ion batteries are used in series to supply equipment similar to a moving camera. They take pictures while walking. There are three three-phase DC brushless motors on the equipment (power supply voltage is about 7V). The function is to adjust the camera to maintain a stable state so as to have a better picture.

2. The static current of the three motors is less than 1A, but there will be transient 3A or so when starting, and the maximum is not more than 5A.

3. Battery charging chips are now planned to choose BQ25882.

My questions are as follows:

1. Do we need to consider battery balancing in our applications?

2. I saw BQ25887, which has the function of battery balance, but it has not been mass produced yet, and it is very large. Can you recommend the appropriate balance circuit to match BQ25882, which is suitable for our application?

  • Hello Ping,

    It is depending on your battery configuration whether you need to have cell balancing in the charger or not. If you are using two discrete cell and connect them in series, then you will need to cell balancing function in the charger. This is because the loose cell's impedance is not closely matched such that they will have different voltages when charging. Without cell balancing, the cell with higher voltage can be overcharged, and the cell with lower voltage can be under utilized.

    If you are using a 2s battery pack, then they are most likely closely matched within the pack.

    BQ25887 is currently the only charger that is with cell balancing function and the only package for this device is QFN.