This section describes a typical
battery management system (BMS) application circuit using the ADS131B26-Q1. The device serves the following primary
functions in this BMS:
- Measure battery current
redundantly through ADC1A and ADC1B with high resolution and accuracy using a
low-side current shunt sensor
- Measure peak battery currents and
detect overcurrent or short-circuit conditions
- Redundantly measure battery-pack voltage simultaneously to the battery current
through ADC3A and ADC3B using high-voltage resistor dividers
- Measure other voltages in the
BMS through ADC2A and ADC2B using high-voltage resistor dividers (for example,
voltages before and after the main contactor)
- Measure shunt temperature through
ADC2A using a linear positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistor, the
TMP61-Q1
- Redundantly measure shunt
temperature through ADC2B using an analog output temperature sensor, the
LMT84-Q1
Figure 10-1 illustrates the front-end for the battery management system circuit design.