BQ24707 Datasheet, PDF (27/36 Pages) Texas Instruments – 1-4 Cell Li+ Battery SMBus Charge Controller With Independent Comparator and Advanced Circuit Protection

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SLUSA78B – JULY 2010 – REVISED MARCH 2011
To prevent unintentional charger shut down in normal operation, MOSFET R_DS(on) selection and PCB layout is
very important. Figure 22 shows a need improve PCB layout example and its equivalent circuit. In this layout,
system current path and charger input current path is not separated, as a result, the system current causes
voltage drop in the PCB copper and is sensed by IC. The worst layout is when a system current pull point is after
charger input; as a result all system current voltage drops are counted into over current protection comparator.
The worst case for IC is the total system current and charger input current sum equals DPM current. When
system pull more current, the charger IC try to regulate R_AC current as a constant current by reducing charging
current.
R _AC
System Path PCB Trace
System current
I _DPM
R _AC
R _PCB
I _SYS
I _CHRGIN
Charger input current
Charger Input PCB Trace
ACP
ACN
Charger
I _BAT
To ACP
To ACN
(a) PCB Layout
(b) Equivalent Circuit
Figure 22. Need Improve PCB Layout Example
Figure 23 shows the optimized PCB layout example. The system current path and charge input current path is
separated, as a result the IC only senses charger input current caused PCB voltage drop and minimized the
possibility of unintentional charger shut down in normal operation. This also makes PCB layout easier for high
system current application.
R _AC
System Path PCB Trace
System current
I _DPM
I _SYS
To ACP
To ACN
Single point connection at R_AC
Charger input current
Charger Input PCB Trace
(a) PCB Layout
R _AC
R _PCB
I _CHRGIN
ACP
ACN
Charger
I _BAT
(b) Equivalent Circuit
Figure 23. Optimized PCB Layout Example
The total voltage drop sensed by IC can be express as the following equation.
V_top = R_AC x I_DPM + R_PCB x (I_CHRGIN + (I_DPM - I_CHRGIN) x k) + R_DS(on) x I_PEAK
(15)
where the R_AC is the AC adapter current sensing resistance, I_DPM is the DPM current set point, R_PCB is the PCB
trace equivalent resistance, I_CHRGIN is the charger input current, k is the PCB factor, R_DS(on) is the high side
MOSFET turn on resistance and I_PEAK is the peak current of inductor. Here the PCB factor k equals 0 means the
best layout shown in Figure 23 where the PCB trace only goes through charger input current while k equals 1
means the worst layout shown in Figure 22 where the PCB trace goes through all the DPM current. The total
voltage drop must below the high side short circuit protection threshold to prevent unintentional charger shut
down in normal operation.
The low side MOSFET short circuit voltage drop threshold is fixed to typical 110mV. The high side MOSFET
short circuit voltage drop threshold can be adjusted via SMBus command. ChargeOption() bit[8:7] = 00, 01, 10,
11 set the threshold 300mV, 500mV, 700mV and 900mV respectively. For a fixed PCB layout, host should set
proper short circuit protection threshold level to prevent unintentional charger shut down in normal operation.
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