Gas Gauging
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SLUUBE8 – September 2018
Copyright © 2018, Texas Instruments Incorporated
General Description
Figure 1-2. (a) EDV Calculations vs Capacity for Various Temperatures, (b) EDV Calculations vs Capacity
for Various Loads
1.1.6 EDV Age Factor
The EDV
Age Factor
enables the bq34210-Q1 device to correct the EDV detection algorithm to
compensate for cell aging. This parameter scales cell impedances as the cycle count increases. This new
factor is used to accommodate for much higher impedances observed in larger capacity and/or aged cells.
For most applications, the default value of 0 is sufficient; however, for some very specific applications, this
new aging factor may be required. In those cases, experimental data must be taken at the 0, 100, 200,
and 300 cycle-read points using a typical discharge rate while at ambient temperature. Entering this data
into a TI provided MathCAD™ program will yield the appropriate EDV
Age factor
value. Contact TI
Applications Support @
http://www-k.ext.ti.com/sc/technical-support/email-tech-support.asp?AAP
for more
detailed information.
1.1.7 Self-Discharge
The bq34210-Q1 device estimates the self-discharge of the battery to maintain an accurate measure of
the battery capacity during periods of inactivity. The bq34210-Q1 device makes self-discharge
adjustments to RC every 1/4 second when awake and periodically when in SLEEP mode. The period is
determined by
Sleep Current Time
.
The nominal self-discharge rate, %PERDAY (% per day), is programmed in an 8-bit value
Self-Discharge
Rate
by the following relation:
Self-Discharge Rate = %PERDAY/0.0025
1.1.8 Battery Electronic Load Compensation
The bq34210-Q1 device can be configured to compensate for a constant load (as from battery electronics)
present in the battery pack at all times. The bq34210-Q1 device applies the compensation continuously
when the charge or discharge is below the digital filter. The bq34210-Q1 device applies the compensation
in addition to self-discharge. The compensation occurs at a rate determined by the value stored in
Electronics Load
. The compensation range is 0
μ
A–765
μ
A in steps of approximately 3 µA.
The amount of internal battery electronics load estimate in
μ
A, BEL, is stored as follows:
Electronics Load
= BEL/3