? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 note: (1) add suffix tr for tape and reel. features reliable fast charge control of nimh/nicd batteries fast charge termination by: 1 accurate - d v detection level -0.25% with respect to peak value 2 peak voltage timer (0 d v) adjustable fast charge safety timer protection against temperature fault protection against short-circuited and open batteries wide operation voltage range of 9v to 18v, no extra regulator needed large battery voltage detection range of 0.65v to 3.7v led drivers to indicate charge status or fault conditions voltage reference output quick and easy testing for production space saving 8-pin and 14-pin so packages description the SC1766 fast charge controller ic is designed for intelligent charging of nimh or nicd batteries without overcharging. it detects a voltage drop (- d v) occurring in the final stage of a fast charging cycle and correspondingly controls the charging current. fast charge can also be cut off by a peak voltage timer (0 d v). the detection of - d v is a very reliable method to terminate fast charging for nimh and nicd batteries. the SC1766 uses - d v detection as one of the primary decisions for fast charge cut-off. the - d v value of the SC1766 is as small as 4mv per cell, particularly suitable for nimh as well as nicd batteries. the peak voltage timer is particularly useful when the voltage drop at the end of charge for some batteries, e.g. nimh cells, is not pronounced enough for reliable detection. an adjustable safety timer (3 settings) is used as a backup termination method. provisions are made with the SC1766 to prevent fast charge under temperature fault conditions. two led outputs are used to indicate the charging status. another flash led output can be used alone to indicate charge status. ac mode allows the battery to drive its loads while being charged. test mode is provided to dramatically reduce production test time. tel:805-498-2111 fax:805-498-3804 web:http:// www.semtech.com applications battery chargers for: mobile phones notebook and laptop personal computers portable power tools and toys portable communications equipment portable video and stereo equipment ordering information device (1) package SC1766cs08 so-8 SC1766cs14 so-14 absolute maximum ratings parameter symbol maximum units supply voltage v cc 18 v dc voltage applied to any pin 18 v sink current of v out pin, led pin, and flash pin 20 ma operating temperature range t a 0 to 70 c storage temperature range t stg -65 to 150 c
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 pin configurations electrical characteristics unless otherwise specified, t a = 25oc, v in = 12.5v pin descriptions v dd supply voltage input. gnd ground. v bt input, to sense battery voltage. mode input, to set ic operation mode. timer input, for safety timer control. v ref voltage reference output. led output, for led indicator. v out output, for led indicator. flash output, for led indicator (14-pin only.) vntc input, for temperature protection (14 pin only). parameter symbol min typ max units supply voltage v dd 918v supply current i dd 1.5 ma - d v detection level w.r.t. peak value -0.25 % voltage protection limits battery low battery high v bt 0.50 3.30 0.65 3.70 0.80 3.90 v input impedance of timer pin z timer 100 k w input impedance of mode pin z mode 100 k w output resistance of led pin fast charge trickle charge r led 1 25 m w w output resistance of v out pin fast charge trickle charge r v out 1 25 w m w flash pin output resistance at fast charge frequency duty cycle r flash 25 1 50 w hz % reference voltage source current v ref 1.5 5.85 v ma temperature fault voltage limits as fraction of v ref under-temperature over-temperature a ntcl 0.60 0.15 0.70 0.20 0.80 0.25 v ref
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 typical applications step-down high-side current sense battery charger note: rsense = 0.1 ohm, charge current = 0.5a 10%, v in > v bat +3.5v rsense = 0.05 ohm, charge current = 1.0a 10%, v in > v bat +4.0v rsense = 0.033 ohm, charge current = 1.5a 10%, v in > v bat +4.5v efficiency > 90%, measured at cs- node note: +v in should be higher than 10v. z1 is required when +v in exceeds 18v. fast charge current is ap- proximately 1a, adjustable through r7. trickle charge current is adjustable through r12. step-down rechargeable battery charger
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 typical applications (cont.) step-up rechargeable battery charger ** charging current = 0.8a, auto cut-off at 0.25% - delta-v point and fault conditions (rif sets the charging current). ** v in must be lower than vbat. ** short circuit condition is protected with a 2a fuse. step-up/down rechargeable battery charger ** fast charge current =0.8a @v in < vbat, = (v in - vbat - 0.5)/0.82 @ v in > vbat. trickle charge current = 30ma (rif sets fast charge current, rit sets trickle charge current). ** typical efficiency = 75% ** with short circuit protection.
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 typical applications (cont.) step down low-side current sense battery charger test circuit discharge circuit of rechargeable battery final voltage of battery r26 6v 6.8k 5v 5.1k 4v 3.9k 3v 2.7k buzzer circuit for trickle charge mode note: frequency (about 1hz) is determined by r33 and c33. buzzer will be activated when led pin goes low. note: frequency (about 1hz) is determined by r33 and c33. led will flash when led pin goes low. flashing-led circuit for trickle mode note: the final voltage of battery is determined by r26. discharge current is decided by r5. s1: push to initiate discharge.
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 typical performance characteristics
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 principles of operation battery properties the basic principle of rechargeable battery systems, including nimh and nicd cells, is that the processes of charge and discharge are reversible. the charge char- acteristics of nimh and nicd cells look similar in that 1) the cell voltage at the end of charge drops and 2) the cell temperature increases rapidly near the end of charge. the figure below shows the charge voltage and charge temperature characteristics of nimh and nicd cells. notice that the cell voltage decline of nimh cells at the end of charge is less pronounced than for nicd cells. fast battery chargers are available where recharging takes only 1 hour or less with a simple control circuit. one main purpose of the control circuit is to terminate the fast charge process to prevent the temperature and internal pressure of the battery cell from building to a damaging level which degrades or even destroys the battery cell. the SC1766 is a battery fast charge controller ic that utilizes the following methods to terminate the fast charge process for nimh or nicd battery cells: 1 negative delta voltage cut-off (- d v ), 2 peak voltage timer cut-off (0 d v ), 3 maximum temperature cut-off (tco), 4 maximum voltage cut-off (vco), 5 safety timer cut-off. the principle of operation of the SC1766 is described in the following section. SC1766 operation when power is first applied to the charge system, con- sisting of rechargeable battery cells, charge current source, the SC1766 and its associated external circuit, all internal digital circuit blocks of the SC1766 are reset by internal power-on-reset circuitry. the internal control unit then checks the battery condition to prevent fast charge from taking place under battery fault conditions, i.e. cell voltage fault (vbt< 0.65v or vbt> 3.7v) or cell temperature fault ( a ntc > a ntcl or a ntc < a ntch for the 14-pin version). temperature fault limits corre- sponding to a ntcl and a ntch are determined by an external thermistor divider circuit as included in the typ- ical application circuit. after the battery passes condi- tion fault checks, the v out pin goes to low to start fast charge while the initial timer and safety timer of the SC1766 start counting. both the negative delta voltage detector and the peak voltage timer, however, are dis- abled until the initial stage of a charge cycle elapses. the SC1766 constantly monitors the voltage at the vbt pin, which rises as battery cells are being fast- charged until the battery full condition is nearly ap- proached. the battery temperature is also constantly sensed to guard against abnormal temperature situa- tions. the v out pin will be pulled high by an external pull-up device and the fast charge process will be switched to trickle charge when one of the following situations is encountered: a negative delta voltage of 0.25% at the vbt pin is detected compared to its peak value ( -d v), the battery voltage stays at its peak value for the duration determined by the peak voltage timer set- ting (0 d v), the vbt pin voltage exceeds the high battery voltage protection limit (vco), the battery temperature, sensed by the thermistor divider, exceeds the fault temperature range (tco), the selected safety timer period has finished. timer pin the timer pin can be used as follows to select one of the preset safety timer periods and its corresponding periods of initial timer and peak voltage timer: timer pin safety timer peak v timer initial timer vdd 40 min. 2 min. 1.5 min. gnd 80 min. 4 min. 3 min. floating 160 min. 8 min. 3 min.
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 principles of operation (cont.) mode pin the mode pin determines the mode in which the ic works: mode mode function floating normal normal operation vdd test 1/512 safety timer gnd ac - d v detector reset timer stops (not reset) the SC1766 will operate normally when the mode pin is left floating (a 0.1f capacitor is recom- mended to be tied to the mode pin if the charge cir- cuit works in a noisy environment). the SC1766 oth- erwise works in the following ways if the mode pin is biased either to vdd or to gnd: a) ac mode (mode pin biased to gnd) in the midst of normal charge operation, where the vbt pin voltage is in the range from 0.8v to 3.5v and the preset safety timer has not run out, the safety timer will stop if the mode pin is pulled down to gnd level. as long as the mode pin remains low, the vout pin stays on and the led pin off re- gardless of whether the battery pack voltage de- clines (- d v present) or not. ac mode can be acti- vated by pulling the mode pin to gnd to avoid pre- mature battery charge cutoff due to fluctuating charge current source. switching the mode pin af- ter the end of the safety timer has no effect on the SC1766 display outputs, i.e., vout pin stays off while led pin stays on. b) test mode (mode pin biased to vdd) a unique feature of the SC1766 is that it can be put into a test mode by pulling the mode pin to vdd, allowing verification tests for the SC1766 charge cir- cuit to be performed in a few tens of seconds, ex- tremely valuable in the final phase of production. when the SC1766 is in test mode, all the internal timers are reduced by the following factors when compared to normal operation: 1. safety timer reduced by a factor of 512 times; 2. initial timer reduced by a factor of 512 times; 3. peak timer reduced by a factor of 64 times. one critical requirement needs to be observed for the operation chart of the SC1766 no no yes yes yes no no no yes power on if 0.65v a ntc & a ntc > a ntch v out goes high for trickle charge. - d v detector reset. safety timer stops. v out goes low for fast charge. safety timer starts counting. - d v detector & peak voltage timer start working after initial period ends. - d v detector & peak voltage timer working. if a ntcl > a ntc & a ntc > a ntch v out goes high for trickle charge. - d v detector reset. safety timer stops. if 0.65 ? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 principles of operation (cont.) - d v detector of the SC1766 to work properly in test mode, which is that the vbt voltage must be kept be- tween approximately 2.8v to 3.3v, rather than 0.8v to 3.5v in normal mode. if the test mode function is to be utilized in produc- tion test, it has to be well planned and included in the circuit design phase to make the voltages of the vbt pin and mode pins extremely controllable. in addition, an externally controllable timer pin can further reduce the test time required for testing the SC1766 in test mode. the figure below shows the timing diagram for exter- nally controlled vbt, timer and mode pin voltages of a recommended SC1766 charge circuit production test scheme, utilizing the test mode function. output waveforms of the vout and led pins (and flash pin for 14-pin version) of a properly functioning SC1766 are also shown in the figure. in time segments 4, 8 and 10, the vout pin should change from on to off, the led pin from off to on, and the flash pin from on to flashing output (approximately 4 hz). for the rest of the time, the vout pin should remain on, the led pin off, and the flash pin on. the led indicators work as follows: led vout flash pin pin pin fast charge off on on trickle charge on off flash vbt abnormal off off off the led pin is used in conjunction with the vout pin while the flash pin works alone. referring to the typical application circuit, the tempera- ture limits beyond where the fast charge is prohibited can be set by choosing values for resistors and the thermistor of the thermistor divider according to the fol- lowing formula: r18 = 3.57 r t1 r t2 / (r t1 -r t2 ) r19 = 10 r t1 r t2 / (1.218r t1 - 11.2r t2 ) rt1: thermistor resistance at low temp. limit rt2: thermistor resistance at high temp. limit timing diagram of the SC1766 in the test mode
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 battery voltage divider to ensure proper operation of the SC1766, selection of resistor values for the battery voltage divider must meet the following two crucial requirements: 1. when the battery pack is disconnected from the charge circuitry, the voltage of the vbt pin must be higher than 4.0v or lower than 0.5v to put the SC1766 in reset status, where the vout and the led pins be- come high impedance and the flash pin (only for 14-pin version) goes to high level. 2. when the battery pack is connected in normal oper- ation, the vbt pin voltage must remain in the range of 0.8v to 3.5v even when the battery pack voltage reaches its peak when near full charge. improper set- ting of the vbt pin voltage may cause the vout pin voltage to fluctuate due to SC1766 internal protection scheme. take charging an 8-cell battery pack as an example. the highest pack voltage would be 16v when fully charged if the highest voltage of a fully charged battery cell is assumed to be 2v. since the vbt pin voltage is restricted to no higher than 3.5v, the battery voltage divider ratio must be higher than 3.57 (16v/3.5v -1). in other words, resistor r14 must be greater than 535k w . when the battery pack is disconnected from the charg- ing circuitry the vbt pin voltage must be higher than 4.0v, dictating vbat node voltage of the charging cir- cuitry to be higher than 17.8v (3.9v x 4.57). practically, however, the charging circuit supply voltage +vin should be higher than 18.5 in order to ensure proper operation. in case the supply voltage +vin can not meet this requirement, the application circuit of the fol- lowing figure can be adopted to get around this prob- lem. principles of operation (cont.) experimental results experiments have been conducted to verify the SC1766 operation with nimh and nicd battery cells of various brands. actual results shown in the figures be- low clearly indicate that the negative delta voltage de- tector and the peak voltage timer of the SC1766 have precisely detected the tiny cell voltage drops or the cell voltage peaks and consequently terminated the fast charge process after batteries are fully charged. the battery cell temperatures were all under safety levels. note that the fast charge for the nimh battery in the figure charge characteristics of nimh battery is ter- minated by the peak voltage timer (0 d v) while the fast charge for the nicd battery in the figure charge char- acteristics of nicd battery is terminated by the - d v detector. battery voltage can be raised to vin = 0.9v when being charged.
? 1997 semtech corp. 652 mitchell road newbury park ca 91320 battery charge controller SC1766 janaury 30, 1998 outline drawing so-8 outline drawing so-14 1. a stable constant charge current is crucial for reli- able precision - d v detection by the SC1766 since fluc- tuation of the charge current can cause fluctuation of the battery terminal voltage due to battery internal se- ries resistance, which will likely result in erroneous - d v detection by a properly functioning SC1766. 2. to prevent damage to the SC1766 from over- voltage, make sure that none of the SC1766 pins see any voltage beyond the supply voltage, which needs to be between +9v and +18v. charger circuit design tips 3. if the battery charge current is high, e.g. over 1.5a, quality of circuit board layout and wiring connection points become increasingly important in the charger circuit reliability. 4. since the SC1766 is a cmos device, care must be taken in handling to avoid possible damage from elec- trostatic discharge.
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