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2548FS–AVR–03/2013
ATmega406
8.2 Rev. E
• Voltage ADC not functional below 0°C
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Voltage-ADC Common Mode Offset
• Voltage Reference Spike
1. Voltage-ADC Failing at Low Temperatures
Voltage ADC not functional below 0°C. The voltage ADC has a very large error below 0°C,
and can not be used
Problem Fix/Workaround
Do not use this revision below 0 celsius.
2. Voltage-ADC Common Mode Offset
The cell conversion will have an Offset-error depending on the Common Mode (CM) level.
This means that the error of a cell is depending on the voltage of the lower cells. The CM
Offset is calibrated away in Atmel production when the cells are balanced. When the cells
get un-balanced the CM depending offset will reappear:
a. Cell 1 defines its own CM level, and will never be affected by the CM dependent
offset.
b. The CM level for Cell 2 will change if Cell 1 voltage deviates from Cell 2 voltage.
c. The CM level for Cell 3 will change if Cell 1 and/or Cell 2 voltage deviates from the
voltage at Cell 3. The worst-case error is when Cell 1 and 2 are balanced while Cell 3
voltage deviates from the voltage at Cell 1 and 2.
d. The CM level for Cell 4 will change if Cell 1, Cell 2 and/or Cell 3 deviate from the volt-
age at Cell 4. The worst-case error is when Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are balanced
while Cell 4 voltage deviates from the voltage at Cell 1, 2 and 3.
Figure 8-1 on page 20, shows the error of Cell2, Cell3 and Cell4 with 5% and 10% unbal-
anced cells.
