Table

COMPARISON OF BMS ICs FOR LARGE LI-ION BATTERY PACKS

Davide Andrea / LiIonBMS.com / Updated Feb 2018
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ABLIC Analog
AMS Atmel
Part Number
(SIIVarious
/ Seiko) AS8506
Devices
AD7280 ATA6870
Recommended ✘ 7-cell✔ ✔ ✘
men
Rec
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analog
6-cell analog 6-cellNo
analog
d

Reason Small batteries front end longer supported

front end front end
Description Cascadable to
Cascadable to Cascadable to 96
any number
✔ of
24~48 V 300✔cells cells
> 48 V cells
✔ ✔ ✔
General

Single string voltage Unlimited 1 KV 330 V

BMS technology Digital
Wired Digital
Wired Digital
Wired
BMS topology Master/ Master/ Master/
Diagnostics (ISO26262) slave slave slave
Development effort
Medium Medium Medium
required
Full BMS functionality - x x
Min series cells / IC 3 4 3
Cells

Max series cells / IC 4 7 6 6

Series cells / bank (No
14 300 96
isolators)
Temperature sensors 2 / 7 cells 1 / cell 1 / 3 cells
Internal resistor x x x
Curren Balancin

Internal FET MUX to 2 pins

g

External FET, res. - Dedicated pins Dedicated pins

Possible
Non-dissipative (active) - -
Within 7 cells
Shutdown n.a. n.a.
t drain

Standby 4 µA 4 µA 10 µA
Operating 1 ~ 30 mA 1 ~ 30 mA 15 mA
Voltage accuracy @ 3.6 V,
7 10 7
25 C [mV]
Readings

Cell voltage, min 1.8 0 0

Cell voltage, max 4.5 5 5
8 ms up to 250
Readings time / cell 10 ms ~25 µs
kHz
Current sense - - -
SOC (fuel gauge) - - -
avail. -cations al
E
Cost & Communi v

Wires between cascaded 6 7 8

ICs current sources current sources current sources
Wires to master controller 10 4 to 7 8
To master controller SPI SPI SPI
To host n.a. n.a. n.a.
ICs only / per cell [$] 1.22 1 0.84
Parts / per cell [$] ~0.5 ~0.5 ~1.5
Distribution Excellent Excellent Poor
for balancing
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ATTERY PACKS

Atmel CellWise Elithion Imagis Intersil Intersil

ATA6871 Various EL01 / EL02 (Apollo) ISL9208 ISL9216
✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔ 12-cell✔analog
No longer supportedfault
6-cell Small batteries Only to
1-cell OEM
BMS IC 7-cell analog front end chips
detector
Cascadable to ~ 13 cell protector front end without set
Cascadable to 96
256✔cells ✔ A/D
✔ Cascadable
✔ to 12
cells
✔ ✔ cells
330 V 1 kV 100 V 24 V 42 V
Analog
Wired Digital Digital Digital Digital
Wired
Wired Wired
Master/ Distributed Master/
centralized Standalone
slave slave
Low Minimal Medium High High
versatile High level
x - -
Included in included in chip
3 1 13
6 1 13 7
~16
96 26 7 5
256 with isolators
1 / 6 cells 1 / cell 1 / cell 1 / 7 cells 1 / 12 cells
x x - -
x x - 200 mA
x Dedicated pins Yes Dedicated pins Dedicated pins
- - - - -
n.a. n.a. n.a.
50 µA 2 µA 10 µA
5 mA 1.5 mA 1 mA
300 15 0.3 n.a. 58
1.9 2 - -
4.4 4.55 - -
n.a. ~10 ms 0.3 ms n.a. -
- Hi curr HE Low curr. shunt - -
Coulomb cnt/ Coulomb cnt/
- - -
4 Voltage1 xlt Voltage xlt
yes n.a. n.a.
current sources current source
2 4 5 7
dig level proprietary SPI or I2C I2C I2C
n.a. RS232, CAN n.a. n.a. n.a.
3 ? 0.12 1.12
~0.5 ~1.5 ? ~1.5 ~1.5
Poor EL01 Good
for cell- ? Excellent Excellent
thresholds.
board / EL02 for - -
Other values by
main controller

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Lapis / Lapis / Lapis / Lapis / Linear

Intersil
ISL94200 / Rhom
ML5235
Rhom
ML5236
Rhom
ML5238
Rhom
ML5239
Technology
LTC6801
ISL94201 16-cell✔analog
✔ ✘ 14-cell✔ analog ✘ ✔
Unavailable Too front end for 12-cell fault
7-cell analog frontlittle
endinfo
for Too little info Too little
16-cell info
analog
13-cell analog protector, 2-port, detector
front end without protector, 2-port, front end for high
protector negative side. Cascadable to
A/D
✔ ✔ positive
✔ side. ✔ micro voltage batteries
Requires 192✔cells
Requires micro ✔ ✔
with A/D
24 V 47 V 50 V 58 V 928 V 670 V
Digital Analog Digital Analog Analog Analog
Wired
Wired Wired
Wired centralized Wired centralized Wired centralized Master/
Standalone Master/slave
slave
High Low High High High Low
- - - - - -
5 5 5 4
7 13 14 16 16 12
7 n.a. n.a. n.a. 16 192
1 / 7 cells 2 8 4 1 / 6 cells
- No No No No -
- No Yes Yes, 100 ma No -
Dedicated pins No No No Yes -
- - - - - -
n.a. 0.1 µA 0.1 µA 0.1 µA 0.1 µA n.a.
10 µA 100 µA 50 µA 30 µA
1 mA 25 µA 500 µA 250 µA 1.7 mA 0.7 mA
n.a. 10 15 10 10 33
- 2 0.7
- 4.4 4.5
n.a. n.a.
- Low curr. shunt Low curr. shunt Low curr. shunt - -
- - - - - -
5
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 7
current sources
5 n.a. 4 4 4 5
I2C n.a. SPI SPI SPI square wave
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
0.74 Unknown 0.58 0.29 0.69 0.49
~1.5 ~0.5
Excellent None Poor Poor Poor
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Linear Linear Linear Linear Linear Linear

Technology
LTC6802-1
Technology
LTC6802-2
Technology
LTC6803-1
Technology
LTC6803-2
Technology
LTC6803-3
Technology
LTC6803-4
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
12-cell analog 12-cell analog 12-cell analog
12-cell analog 12-cell analog 12-cell analog
front end front end front end
front end front end front end
Cascadable to Cascadable to Cascadable to
Addressable Addressable Addressable
192✔cells ✔ 192✔cells ✔ 192✔cells ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
670 V Any 670 V Any 670 V Any
Wired Wired Wired Wired Digital
Wired Wired
Master/ Master/ Master/ Master/
Master/slave Master/slave
slave slave slave slave
Medium
- -
4 4 4 4 4 4
12 12 12 12 12 12
192 12 192 12 192 12
1 / 6 cells
170 mA, but IC overheats
~10 mA
Dedicated pins
- - - - - -
4 µA
50 µA
1.5 mA
8
0
5
1.2 ms
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
4 4 4
n.a. n.a. n.a.
current sources current sources current sources
5
SPI
n.a.
0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97
~1.5 ~1.5
Excellent
daisy-chain data communicates daisy-chain data communicates daisy-chain data communicates
bus connection with master, bus connection with master, bus connection with master,

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Linear Linear
Maxim Maxim Maxim Maxim
Technology
LTC6804-1
Technology
LTC6804-2 DS2726 MAX11068 MAX14920 MAX14921
✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
12-cell analog
Hi performance Hi performance 12-cell analog 12-cell analog 16-cell analog
12-cell analog
front end 10 cell standard front end front end, front end,
front end
Cascadable to Li-Ion / LiPo BMS Cascadable to multiplexer only multiplexer only
✔ cells Addressable
✔ ✔
unlimited 372✔cells (no✔ A/D) (no✔ A/D)
✔ ✔ ✔
Any 35 V 670 V 44 V 58 V
Analog Digital Analog Analog
Wired Wired Wired Wired Wired
Master/slave Standalone Master/slave Standalone Standalone
Low
Complete Medium High High
- - protector BMS - - -
4 4 3 3
12 12 10 12 12 16
Unlimited 12 10 372 12 16
0 1 / 6 cells 3 3
? - - - -
300 mA 250 mA - -
Shared pins (1) Yes Yes
- - - - - -
n.a. n.a. 1 µA 1 µA
1 µA 10 µA 10 µA
2 mA 10 µA 10 µA
0.3 15 0.5 0.5
0
5
0.11 ms 35 us
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
2 4
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
ISOSPI capacitive
n.a. 4 6 6
n.a. I2C (SMB) SPI SPI
n.a. n.a. n.a n.a
1.06 1.06 0.5 0.48 0.44
~1.5 ~1.5
Isolated SPI: Excellent Good by
promoted Excellent Excellent
communicates
safe and noise- manufacturer.
with master,
free cascading See note (2),

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NXP /
Maxim Maxim Maxim Mitsumi NEC
MAX11080 / MAX17823/
MAX17843 Various D15110
Freescale
MC33771
MAX11081 MAX17830
✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
12-cell fault 12-cell analog
Old product Not yet released Small batteries Large orders 14-cell analog
Pre-production
monitor front end 4 cell analog front end
12-cell
Cascadable to Cascadable to 96 front end Cascadable to
372✔cells cells ✔ ✔ cells
unlimited
✔ ✔ ✔
670 V 330 V 460 V Any
Analog Digital Digital Digital
Wired Wired
Centralized Wired
Master/slave Master/slave
Low Medium Medium
Analog fault
- - -
protector
4 3 4
12 12 12 4 4 14
372 96 128 14
0 2 Yes 0 1/ 2 cells
- - -
- 150 mA 10 mA 300 mA
- Yes Yes Dedicated pins
- - - - -
n.a. ?
2 µA ?
0.08 mA ?
100 2
1.6
4.8
n.a.
- - Yes Low curr. shunt
- - - -
2
2 2 1
ISOSPI
2 2 2 5
square wave UART SPI
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
0.27 2.05 ? 0.78
~0.5 Unknown ~1.5
NoGood
longer Good by
promoted None Large orders only
bit address. Poor of
Knock-off
promoted by manufacturer.No Used in the LTC6404, but
manufacturer. info available to Nissan Leaf more cells

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O2Micro O2Micro O2Micro O2Micro Panasonic Panasonic

OZ890 OZ3715 OZ8940 OZ9355 AN84910UA AN84911UA
13-cell
✘ full ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
protector, 2-port,
Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
negative side 15-cell analog 12-cell analog 14-cell digital 10 cell analog 10 cell fault
MOSFETs, front end protector front end front end detector
✔ on
precharge ✔ ✔ ✔
charger input ✔ ✔
728 V 540 V 540 V
Digital Digital Analog
Wired Wired
Wired
Master/slave Master/slave
Medium High High
High level
- -
included in chip
5 5 6 4 3 3
13 15 12 14 10 10
208 n.a.
1 2 -
Yes (barely OK) No - -
Yes - -
Dedicated pins No Dedicated pins -
- - - - - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Low curr. shunt
Voltage xlt
3
optically isolated
4 2 4
I2C (SMB) I2C SPI -
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Unknown
~2
Poor None TalksNone
directly to
- its own
AN84910UA

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Texas Texas Texas Texas

Renesas Renesas
R2A20027 / RAJ240090 / Instruments
bq76PL455
Instruments
bq76PL536
Instruments
bq77PL900
Instruments
bq78PL114 pus
R2A20028 RAJ240100 bq76PL102
✘ ✘ ✔✔analog 3-6 cell
6-16 cell ✔✔ analog ✔ ✔
Unavailable 10 cell protector
Poor availabilityHi performance Hi performance Small 12-cell full
front end plus front end plus 10-cellbatteries
analog Small batteries
12-cell analog with protector BMS
fault detector fault detector front end and full
front end programmable chip set and
✔ ✔ Cascadable
✔ to Cascadable
✔ to protector
✔ BMS analog ✔
micro front end
256✔cells 192✔cells
36 V 1280 V 670 V 35 V 42 V
Digital + analog Digital + analog Digital + analog
Digital Digital Digital
faultWired
detector faultWired
detector faultWired
detector Wired Wired
Wired centralized
Master/slave Master/slave Master/slave Stand-alone Stand-alone
Yes Yes
Medium High Medium Medium Medium
sophisticated Medium
sophisticated
- - - - Included in chip Included in chip
6 3 6 3 Not usable with Not usable with
12 10 16 6 10 12
12 10 256 192 10 12
0 3 1 / 2 cells 1 / 3 cells 1 / 10 cells 1 / cell
- No - - 9 ma -
100 mA
Dedicated pins, No - - < 9 mA -
depend. on Yes Dedicated pins Dedicated pins Shared pins (1) -
model With EMB1428Q Yes
- - - -
/ EMB1499Q 10mA ~ 1A
2 µA 40 µA n.a. n.a. n.a.
100 µA 5 mA 12 µA 0.1 µA 100 µA
3 mA 8 mA 10 mA 0.6 mA 0.25 mA
2.5 or 4, depend.
20 0.75 3 5
on model
1 0 2.3
4.95 6 4.5
2.5 ms ~100 µs 250 µs 250 µs
- - - - Low curr. shunt Low curr. shunt
Coulomb cnt/
- - -
6 current 8 Voltage xlt
4 n.a. n.a.
sources, SPI current sources
4 8 5 n.a
UART SPI I2C (SMB) n.a
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. I2C (SMB) I2C (SMB)
Unknown 2.67 1.34 0.49 0.69
~1.5 ~1.5 ~2 ~2
None Poor Large Qty only Excellent Excellent Excellent

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Texas Texas
Toshiba
Instruments
EMB1432Q
Instruments
EMB1433Q TB9141FG
✔✔ ✘ ✘
Hi
14performance
cell analog Unavailable Abandoned
14 cell fault 16-cell analog
front end (no
protector front end
A/D)
✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Any Any
Analog Analog Digital
Wired Wired Wired
Master/slave Master/slave Master/slave
Low Low Medium
- - -

14 14 16
14 > 200 16
0 0
- -
- - Yes
- -
- - -
1 µA
10 µA
150 µA
1 - 2
0.5 -
4.6 -
n.a. -
- -
- -
n.a 2 2
n.a. 3
n.a. heart beat
n.a. n.a.

Poor Poor None

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