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CELL BALANCING WITH INTERNAL MOSFETS
The S1 through S12 pins are used to balance battery cells.
If one cell in a series becomes overcharged, an S output
can be used to discharge the cell. Each S output has an
internal N-channel MOSFET for discharging. The NMOS
has a maximum on resistance of 20Ω. An external resistor
should be connected in series with the NMOS to dissipate
heat outside of the LTC6804 package as illustrated in
Figure 35. It is still possible to use an RC to add additional
filtering to cell voltage measurements but the filter R must
remain small, typically around 10Ω to reduce the effect
on the programmed balance current. When using the
internal MOSFETs to discharge cells, the die temperature
should be monitored. See Power Dissipation and Thermal
Shutdown section.
CELL BALANCING WITH EXTERNAL MOSFETS
The S outputs include an internal pull-up PMOS transistor.
The S pins can act as digital outputs suitable for driving
the gate of an external MOSFET. For applications requiring
high battery discharge currents, connect a discrete PMOS
switch device and suitable discharge resistor to the cell,
and the gate terminal to the S output pin, as illustrated in
Figure 36. Figure 34 shows external MOSFET circuits that
include RC filtering.
Figure 35. Internal Discharge Circuit
Figure 36. External Discharge Circuit
Table 47. Discharge Control During an ADCV Command with DCP = 0
CELL MEASUREMENT PERIODS
CELL CALIBRATION PERIODS
CELL1/7 CELL2/8 CELL3/9 CELL4/10 CELL5/11 CELL6/12 CELL1/7 CELL2/8 CELL3/9 CELL4/10 CELL5/11 CELL6/12
DISCHARGE
PIN
t
0
to t
1M
t
1M
to t
2M
t
2M
to t
3M
t
3M
to t
4M
t
4M
to t
5M
t
5M
to t
6M
t
6M
to t
1C
t
1C
to t
2C
t
2C
to t
3C
t
3C
to t
4C
t
4C
to t
5C
t
5C
to t
6C
S1
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
S2
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
S3
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
S4
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
S5
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
S6
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
S7
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
S8
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
S9
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
S10
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
S11
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
S12
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
LTC6804
680412 F35
R
FILTER
R
FILTER
R
DISCHARGE
C(n)
S(n)
C(n – 1)
+
LTC6804
680412 F36
R
BSS308PE
3.3k
C(n)
S(n)
C(n – 1)
+
DISCHARGE CONTROL DURING CELL
MEASUREMENTS
If the discharge permited (DCP) command bit is high in a
cell measurement command, then the S pin discharge states
are not altered during the cell measurements. However, if
the DCP bit is low, any discharge that is turned on will be
turned off when the corresponding cell or adjacent cells
are being measured. Table 47 illustrates this during an