
Midrange Capacity Corrections
Three voltage-based thresholds,
 VOC25
 EE 0x6c–0x6d,
VOC50
 EE 0x6e–0x6f, and
 VOC75
 EE 0x70–0x71, are
used to test the accuracy of the R M based on
open-circuit pack voltages. These thresholds are stored
in the EEPROM in 2’s complement of voltage in mV.
The values represent the open-circuit battery voltage at
which the battery capacity should correspond to the as-
sociated stateof chargefor each threshold.
Self-Discharge Rate
The nominal self-discharge rate, %PERDAY (% per day),
is programmed in an 8-bit value
 Self-Discharge Rate
 EE
0x53 by thefollowing relation:
Self
DischargeRate
2s
52.73
%PERDAY
(13)
Light Load Current
The amount of light load current in mA, ILEAK, used
for compensation is stored in
 Light Discharge Current
 in
EE 0x2bas follows:
Light Disch
Current
 =
ILEAK
1024
45
arge
(14)
ILEAK is between 0.044 and 11.2mA.
Charge Efficiency
The bq2060 uses four charge-efficiency factors to com-
pensate for charge acceptance. These factors are coded
in
 Charge E fficiency
,
 E fficiency Reduction Rate
,
 E ffi-
ciency Drop Off Percentage,
 and
 Efficiency Temperature
Compensation
.
The bq2060 applies the efficiency factor, EFF%, when
RelativeStateOfCharge() is less than the value coded in
E fficiency Drop Off Percentage
 E E 0x64. When
RelativeStateOfCharge() is greater than or equal to the
value coded in
 Efficiency Drop Off Percentage
, EFF%
and ERR% determine the charge efficiency rate. ERR%
defines the percent efficiency reduction per percentage
point of RelativeStateOfCharge() over
 E fficiency Drop
Off Percentage
. EFF% is encoded in
 High Charge Effi-
ciency
 EE 0x4d according tothefollowing equation:
ChargeEfficiency
 = 10
 
 (EFF% - 74.5)
(15)
where
74.5 
≤
 EFF% 
≤ 1
00
ERR% is encoded in
 Efficiency Reduction Rate
 EE 0x65
according tothefollowing equation
Efficiency Reduction Rate
=ERR%
0.0125
(16)
where
0
 ≤
 ERR%
 ≤
 3.19
The
 Efficiency Drop Off
 Percentage is stored in 2’s com-
plement of percent.
The bq2060 also adjusts the efficiency factors for temper-
ature. TEFF% defines the percent efficiency reduction per
degree C over 25
°
C. TEFF% is encoded in
 Efficiency Tem-
perature Compensation
 EE 0x63 according to the follow-
ing equation
(17)
Efficiency TemperatureCompensation
 =TEFF% 1.6
0.0125
where
0
 ≤
 TEFF%
 ≤
1.99
The bq2060 applies all four charge-compensation factors
when the CHEM bit in
 Pack Configuration
 is not set de-
noting a nickel pack.
(18)
Effective Charge Efficiency Reduction (nickel only)
= ERR%[RSOC() – EFF%] + TEFF%[T( C) –
where
RSOC()
 ≥
 EFF% and T
 ≥ 25°
C
If CHEM is set denoting a Li-Ion pack, the bq2060 ap-
plies only the value coded in
 High Charge Efficiency
 and
makes noother adjustments for chargeacceptance.
Charge Limits and Termination
Techniques
Charging Voltage
The 16-bit value,
 Charging Voltage
 EE 0x0a-0x0b pro-
grams the ChargingVoltage() value broadcast to a Smart
Charger. It is also sets the base value for determining
overvoltage conditions during charging and voltage com-
pliance during a constant-voltage charging methodology.
It is stored in mV.
Overvoltage
The 8-bit value,
 Overvoltage Margin
 EE 0x48, sets the
limit over ChargingVoltage() that is to be considered as
an overvoltage charge-suspension condition. The voltage
in mV above the ChargingVoltage(), VOVM, that should
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