Comparator Hystersis for Low Voltage Disconnect

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wd8cxb

Joined Jul 8, 2009
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I designed a Low Voltage Disconnect for a 3 Cell Li-Ion Battery pack. Nominal voltage being 10.8V. I set the LVD to turn off the output at 9V. The charger used for this battery pack will not recharge a battery if the voltage is below 7.5V. If the battery is left on the shelf for a period of time I want to have a couple volts available to power the LVD circuit.

The battery back powers a device with a motor and embedded microcontroller. I need to implement some type of hysteresis and if controlling the output with a P Channel MOSFET it would be rather easy as I can just put a resister between the common rail and the voltage reference and then add a feedback resistor to the cathode of voltage reference and the output of the op-amp. When the output is off it would add a few millivolts to the reference point and then lower the reference voltage when the LVD is on.

The circuit I have shown below might work for my application but I am having trouble picking the correct values for R5 or R6. I am not sure if this is the best way of having a circuit that turns on at 10.8V and above while turning off when the voltage is at 9V
LVD.JPG

Any recommendations for circuit modifications or possibly a formula to calculate the proper resistor values to make this work as intended?
 

Dodgydave

Joined Jun 22, 2012
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Your resistor R6, sets the Hysteresis, as you have the reference point set at 2.5V, the resistor R3 needs to be 3M, this will give you a trip voltage of 2.5V on pin 3, if you make R6 100M, the hysteresis will be +/- 0.1V.

Ideally i would use a preset resistor to fine tune the trip point for R6, and set it permanent when testing.
 
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wd8cxb

Joined Jul 8, 2009
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I will make these changes and test it.

How did you determine the values? I have simulated it and came up with about the same values by trial and error but I am missing the relationship between the resistors..

I had R5 at 3M and R6 at 150M.
 
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