Article MAX17260 Fuel Gauge Operating Current - How much does temperature sensing add?

Question: The datasheet lists the supply current for Active/Hibernate/Shutdown modes without thermistor current. Is the internal temperature sensor current rolled into those three supply currents? As I can’t find a separate mention of it in the datasheet (I did find the 200uA bias current for the external thermistor though).

Answer: The die temp is included in the current consumption numbers.  If you want to use the thermistor, the bias only happens for about 20 ms out of a 1.4s period, so it still doesn’t significantly increase the consumption current.  In hibernate, the bias only happens once per hibernate time, default of 5.1 seconds, so the impact is further reduced.

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