Research Article

A Power Management IC Used for Monitoring and Protection of Li-Ion Battery Packs

Table 2

Comparison of this work with previous ICs.

PropertyThis work[3][4]

Quiescent current800 μA950 μA2 mA
ADC resolution<0.2 mV<1.1 mV
Comm.No external componentsExternal MOS driversExternal MOS drivers

The quiescent current is estimated via simulations.