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11 Layout

11.1 Layout Guidelines

A battery fuel gauge circuit board is a challenging environment due to the fundamental incompatibility of high-

current traces and ultra-low current semiconductor devices. The best way to protect against unwanted trace-to-

trace coupling is with a component placement, such as that shown in Figure 11-1, where the high-current section

is on the opposite side of the board from the electronic devices. Clearly, this is not possible in many situations

due to mechanical constraints. Still, every attempt should be made to route high-current traces away from signal

traces, which enter the BQ40Z50-R2 directly. IC references and registers can be disturbed and in rare cases

damaged due to magnetic and capacitive coupling from the high-current path.

Note

During surge current and ESD events, the high-current traces appear inductive and can couple

unwanted noise into sensitive nodes of the gas gauge electronics, as illustrated in Figure 11-2.

Low Level Circuits

BAT +

BAT –

Figure 11-1. Separating High- and Low-Current Sections Provides an Advantage in Noise Immunity

PACK +

COMM

PACK –

BMU

Figure 11-2. Avoid Close Spacing Between High-Current and Low-Level Signal Lines

Kelvin voltage sensing is extremely important in order to accurately measure current and top and bottom cell

voltages. Place all filter components as close as possible to the device. Route the traces from the sense resistor

in parallel to the filter circuit. Adding a ground plane around the filter network can add additional noise immunity.

Figure 11-3 and Figure 11-4 demonstrate correct Kelvin current sensing.

BQ40Z50-R2

SLUSCS4C – JUNE 2017 – REVISED APRIL 2021

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