JAJSEC4E September 2012 – January 2018 BQ24157
PRODUCTION DATA.
At the beginning of precharge, while battery voltage is below the V(SHORT) threshold, the IC applies a short-circuit current, I(SHORT), to the battery. When the battery voltage is above VSHORT and below VOREG, the charge current ramps up to fast charge current, IOCHARGE, or a charge current that corresponds to the input current of IIN_LIMIT. The slew rate for fast charge current is controlled to minimize the current and voltage over-shoot during transient. Both the input current limit, IIN_LIMIT, and fast charge current, IOCHARGE, can be set by the host. Once the battery voltage reaches the regulation voltage, VOREG, the charge current is tapered down as shown in Figure 17. The voltage regulation feedback occurs by monitoring the battery-pack voltage between the CSOUT and PGND pins. In HOST mode, the regulation voltage is adjustable (3.5V to 4.44V) and is programmed through I2C interface. In 15-minute mode, the regulation voltage is fixed at 3.54V.
The IC monitors the charging current during the voltage regulation phase. If termination is enabled, during the normal charging process with HOST control, once the voltage at the CSOUT pin is above the battery recharge threshold, VOREG- VRCH for the 32-ms (typical) deglitch period, and the termination charge current ITERM is detected, the IC turns off the PWM charge and enables a discharge current, IDETECT, for a period of tDETECT (262-ms typical), then checks the battery voltage. If the battery voltage is still above the recharge threshold after tDETECT, the battery charging is complete. The battery detection routine is used to ensure termination did not occur because the battery was removed. After 40ms (typical) for synchronization purposes of the EOC state and the counter, the status bit and pin are updated to indicate charging has completed. The termination current level is programmable. To disable the charge current termination, the host can set the charge termination bit (I_Term) of charge control register to 0, refer to I2C section for detail.
A new charge cycle is initiated when one of the following conditions is detected: