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bq24725
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High Accuracy Current Sense Amplifier
As an industry standard, high accuracy current sense amplifier (CSA) is used to monitor the input current or the
charge current, selectable via SMBUS (ChargeOption() bit[5]=0 select the input current, bit[5]=1 select the
charge current) by host. The CSA senses voltage across the sense resistor by a factor of 20 through the IOUT
pin. Once VCC is above UVLO and ACDET is above 0.6V, CSA turns on and IOUT output becomes valid. If the
user wants to lower the voltage on current monitoring, then use a resistor divider from IOUT to GND, and still
achieve accuracy over temperature.
A 100pF capacitor connected on the output is recommended for decoupling high-frequency noise. An additional
RC filter is optional, if additional filtering is desired. Note that adding filtering also adds additional response delay.
Charge Timeout
The bq24725 includes a watchdog timer to terminate charging if the charger does not receive a write
ChargeVoltage() or write ChargeCurrent() command within 175s (adjustable via ChargeOption() command). If a
watchdog timeout occurs all register values keep unchanged but charge is suspended. Write ChargeVoltage() or
write ChargeCurrent() commands must be re-sent to reset watchdog timer and resume charging. The watchdog
timer can be disabled, or set to 44s, 88s or 175s via SMBus command (ChargeOption() bit[14:13]). After
watchdog timeout write ChargeOption() bit[14:13] to disable watchdog timer also resume charging.
Converter Operation
The synchronous buck PWM converter uses a fixed frequency voltage mode control scheme and internal type III
compensation network. The LC output filter gives a characteristic resonant frequency
(3)
The resonant frequency fo is used to determine the compensation to ensure there is sufficient phase margin and
gain margin for the target bandwidth. The LC output filter should be selected to give a resonant frequency of
10–20 kHz nominal for the best performance. Suggest component value as charge current of 750kHz default
switching frequency is shown in Table 7.
Ceramic capacitors show a dc-bias effect. This effect reduces the effective capacitance when a dc-bias voltage is
applied across a ceramic capacitor, as on the output capacitor of a charger. The effect may lead to a significant
capacitance drop, especially for high output voltages and small capacitor packages. See the manufacturer's data
sheet about the performance with a dc bias voltage applied. It may be necessary to choose a higher voltage
rating or nominal capacitance value in order to get the required value at the operating point.
Table 7. Suggest Component Value as Charge Current of Default 750kHz
Switching Frequency
Charge Current 2A 3A 4A 6A 8A
Output Inductor Lo (µH) 6.8 or 8.2 5.6 or 6.8 3.3 or 4.7 3.3 2.2
Output Capacitor Co (µF) 20 20 20 30 40
Sense Resistor (mΩ) 10 10 10 10 10
The bq24725 has three loops of regulation: input current, charge current and charge voltage. The three loops are
brought together internally at the error amplifier. The maximum voltage of the three loops appears at the output
of the error amplifier EAO. An internal saw-tooth ramp is compared to the internal error control signal EAO (see
Figure 16) to vary the duty-cycle of the converter. The ramp has offset of 200mV in order to allow 0% duty-cycle.
When the battery charge voltage approaches the input voltage, EAO signal is allowed to exceed the saw-tooth
ramp peak in order to get a 100% duty-cycle. If voltage across BTST and PHASE pins falls below 4.3V, a refresh
cycle starts and low-side n-channel power MOSFET is turned on to recharge the BTST capacitor. It can achieve
duty cycle of up to 99.5%.
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