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BQ25101: BQ25101YFPR

Part Number: BQ25101
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQ25150, BQ25120
Hi Team,

We use a BQ25101YFPR to charge our smartwatch battery.
The smartwach is currently passing certifications.
To pass the certification about electrical safety, we need to disable the charge above 45°C (not 60°C as it is set in the BQ).
So is it possible to adjust TS thermistor to modify the lower and upper-limit temperature charge ?
We wolud like to turn off the charge below 15°C and aboce 45°C, but to do that we need a thermistor with a B Parameter arround 7000 K and a resistance of 13 kOhms at 25°C.
However this thermistor does not exist, So is it possible by putting in parallel or in serial several thermistors to create theses value of B and resistor ?
Otherwise I found an other thermistor from Panasonic ERT-J0ER682H with a B of 4300 K and a Resistance of 6,8 kOhms at 25°C, from my calcul i found it will turn off the the charge at 45°C. But how it will change the lower-limit charge of the BQ ?

Best Regards,
Boris.
  • Hello Boris

    We are limited on the BQ25101 family of devices. Adding external resistor can move the trip points a small amount but also move them farther apart.

    Another device that is more flexible is the BQ25150.  It has I2C interface and hot and cold can be set using an MCU.

    The BQ25120 has a voltage based TS pin that is easier to adjust.