Part Number:BQ24650
I have designed a battery charging circuit using the BQ24650. I followed the ref design and the charge FET is Si7288. I used the calculation sheet (bqstroller calculation tools_V1.xls - sluc175d) to calculate the resistor values.
I am using a 4 cell Li-Poly pack. I am currently using a bench top supply to simulate a Solar panel with a max voltage of 22V.
When I power on the PCB with the input sett 18V and the battery pack is semi discharged at about 15V the STAT2 LED lights up. On the FET there are no pulses but HIDRV in high and current flows to the battery.
There is no activity on LODRV. When I touch the scope pin on the VFB pin to measure the voltage, the STAT1 LED turns on and I start getting pulses on HIDRV and LODRV and the battery pack does charge.
My battery sense resistors are placed close to the BQ24650 and I have a 22pF cap across the high side of the 2 sense resistors.
When I remove the scope probe, STAT1 is off and STAT2 turns on with no pulses on the FET.
When the STAT2 is on, the FET high side stays on and current flows to the battery pack.
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