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LTC4000_15 Datasheet, PDF (33/40 Pages) Linear Technology – High Voltage High Current Controller for Battery Charging and Power Management
LTC4000
Applications Information
The Battery Charge Current Regulation Loop when
VOFB is Regulated to VOUT(INST_ON)
When the battery voltage is below the instant-on level,
the external charging PFET is driven linearly to regulate
the voltage at the output (connected to the CSP pin). The
output voltage is regulated such that the voltage at the OFB
pin is equal to the instant-on threshold (VOUT(INST_ON)).
If this external PFET regulation is fast compared to the
unity crossover frequency of the battery charge current
regulation loop, then the voltage at the output can be con-
sidered a small signal ground. However, in the LTC4000
the external PFET regulation is purposely made slow to
allow for a broader selection of possible PFETs to be used.
Therefore, the linear model of the PFET has to be included
in the analysis of the charge current regulation loop. The
detail of this loop is shown in Figure 24.
RC CC
RO10
ITH
CC
A10
gm10 = 0.1m
LTC4000
INPUT
+
Gmop(s)
–
RO5
A5
gm5 = 0.5m
A8
gm8 = 0.33m CSP
CL RL
BIAS 1V
50µA/
5µA
CL
RCL
R1 R2
60k 20k
IBMON
CIBMON
CSN
Cg
BAT
4000 F24
RCS
1
gmEXT
RBAT
The simplified loop transmission is:
LCC2(s)
=
gm5







RC
–
1
gm10 
CCs
CCs
+

1



•


( ) 20RCS
•



R2
(R1+
• CIBMONs + 1
R2)CIBMONs +

1
•
( ) RL
RfIDC + RL

•

1
RL P RfIDC

CLs + 1 •







Cg
gmEXT
s
+
1
RCS + RBAT  Cg
RfIDC  gmEXT
s
+




1

•
Gmop(s)
where Gmop(s) is the transfer function from VITH to the
output current of the external DC/DC converter, gmEXT is
the small signal transconductance of the output PFET,
RflDC = RCS + 1/gmEXT + RBAT and RL//RflDC represents
the effective resistance value resulting from the parallel
combination of RL and RflDC.
Figure 24. Simplified Linear Model of the Charge
Current Regulation Loop with the External Charging
PFET Linearly Regulated
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