
Analog Integrated Circuit Device Data
Freescale Semiconductor
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PC34708
Functional Block Requirements and Behaviors
Battery Management Block Description and Application Information
battery will be connected to BP. The buck charger will take control of the charging the battery in constant current mode via the
CHRCC[3:0] bits, which will default to 550 mA. If the aux input current limit does obtain the 500 mA limit, then the system will stay
off and the battery will continue to trickle charge until the battery has recovered to the 3.4 V threshold, and then the PMIC will
power on.
With MBATT replaced by a short (GBAT grounded), the battery, and therefore BP, is below the LOWBATT[1:0] threshold, this will
be detected and the internal trickle path will be used to precharge the battery. The input current limit is set to 100 mA, when the
VAUX voltage transitions above the VAUXTH threshold and the trickle cycle is started, the trickle current resuscitation current is
set to 12 mA (resuscitation), until the battery voltage reaches 1.5 V. When the battery is between 1.5 V and VBAT_TRKL, the
trickle1 current is set to 70 mA. When the battery voltage reaches the VBAT_TRKL threshold, the trickle current will be increased
to the ITRICKLE2 current. If VAUX drops below the VAUXWEAK threshold, the trickle charger will decrease to the trickle1 setpoint.
The battery will charge to the LOWBATT threshold and the application will turn on.
The Precharge timer is set by the PRETMR pin, as shown in
Table 37. The precharge will timeout and stop charging. If it did not
succeed in raising the battery to the LOWBATT[1:0] threshold, the interrupt CHRTIMEEXP will be generated. The precharge
timer applies to the total time it takes the battery to recover from the dead battery condition (caused by a resuscitation to trickle1
to trickle2).
The charging circuit will stop charging and generate an interrupt once the battery is fully charged. Clearing the CHRCMPLT
interrupt will immediately start a new charge cycle. To prevent this from immediately starting a new charge cycle, the charger
should be disabled by setting the CHREN = 0. If the CHRCMPLT interrupt is left asserted and the battery discharges below the
95.4% of the CHRGCV threshold, the charger will restart. To turn the charger buck off, the CHREN bit must be cleared. The
charge complete is detected by the charge current dropping below the charge current termination threshold CHRITERM[2:0].
The PC34708 uses the coulomb counter to determine the end of charge.
The hardware end of charge termination is enabled by the CHRITERMEN set to a 1. The hardware end of charge termination
can be disabled by setting the CHRITERMEN to a 0. With CHRITERMEN set to 0, it is up to the software to determine the end
of charge. The buck charger can be enabled or disabled at the end of charge by setting the SPI bit EOC_BUCK_EN. With
EOC_BUCK_EN =1, when the battery reaches end of charge, the buck will be enabled. With EOC_BUCK_EN =0, the buck will
be disabled when the battery reaches end of charge. Additional flexibility allows the battery to be connected or disconnected
where the MBATT FET is present. This allows the charger to be disconnected from the battery, to prevent the battery from float
charging (overcharging). When BATT_ISO_EN is set to a one, it takes priority over the EOC_BUCK_EN bit. With
BATT_IOS_EN =1, the MBATT FET is opened when the charger detects an end of charge completion. The system will be powered
via the buck charger, regardless the state of EOC_BUCK_EN. To close the MBATT FET during an end of charge, the
BATT_ISO_EN should be set to a 0.
Table 37. Precharge Timer Settings
PRETMR pin
Trickle Precharge Timer (Hrs)
Ground
4.5
VCOREDIG
5.5
Floating
6.5
Table 38. End of Charge Operating Mode
BAT_ISO_EN EOC_BUCK_EN
Operating Mode
0(default)
0 (default)
Buck off in charge complete. If
MBATT detected it will be closed
0
1
Buck on in charge complete. If
MBATT detected it will be closed
1
0
Buck on in charge complete. If
MBATT detected it will be opened
1
Buck on in charge complete. If
MBATT detected it will be opened