SLUS987C January 2011 – December 2019 BQ33100
PRODUCTION DATA.
The BQ33100 supports two main charge control architectures: discrete control and smart control. In a discrete charge control implementation, the CHGLVL0 and CHGLVL1 pins can be used to adjust the charging voltage of an external supply (see the reference schematic).
As the super capacitors age a higher charging voltage can be configured to offset the deteriorating super capacitor ESR and Capacitance due to aging. With the discrete control method there are 4 levels of charging voltages that can be chosen, V Chg Nominal, V Chg A, V Chg B and V Chg Max. The setting of the charging voltage is determined by the value of the latest determined required Charging Voltage.
The CHGLVL0 and CHGLVL1 pin states are defined by the V Chg X parameters selected per Table 2:
CHARGINGVOLTAGE | CHGLVL1 (PIN 12) | CHGLVL0 (PIN11) |
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V Chg Nominal | 0 | 0 |
V Chg A | 0 | 1 |
V Chg B | 1 | 0 |
V Chg Max | 1 | 1 |
In a smart control architecture the BQ33100 makes the appropriate maximum charging current and charging voltage per the charging algorithm available through the ChargingCurrent and ChargingVoltage() SMBus commands respectively. This enables either an SMBus master or smart charger to manage the charging of the super capacitor pack.