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    • SLUAAG9 September   2021 BQ25170 , BQ25171-Q1 , BQ25175

       

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  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Introduction
  3. 2BQ25171-Q1 Design Decisions
  4. 3700 mA/70 mA Variable Charge Current Li-Ion Fast Charge Design
  5. 4200 mA Time Charge 3S NiMH Design
  6. 545 mA Fast Charge LiFePO4 Design
  7. 6Pin Configuration
  8. 7R-ISET Common Values
  9. 8Common Questions: Tips and Tricks
  10. IMPORTANT NOTICE
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APPLICATION NOTE

BQ25171-Q1 Quick Start Guide

Trademarks

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

1 Introduction

The following sections first provide an overview of the external parts required to configure the device, then three reference circuit designs are introduced: 700-mA/70-mA Variable Charge Li-Ion Fast Charge, 200-mA NiMH Time Charge, and 45-mA LiFePO4 Fast Charge. These designed can be implemented as is or modified to meet your design specifications. Note this is a simple explanation of the device and descriptions are brief. For a full explanation of the device and its features refer to the BQ25171-Q1 data sheet.

2 BQ25171-Q1 Design Decisions

The device requires a minimum number of external parts to implement a charging solution. The standard solution only requires the selection of three external resistors to configure the device to given charge specifications.

  1. CHM_TMR – Resistor value to select battery chemistry and charge timer, see table 7-1 in Data sheet.
  2. VSET – Resistor value to program charge voltage and enable optional intermittent charge (for NiMH only), see table 7-2 in Data sheet.
  3. ISET – Resistor value to set fast charge current, see Table 7-1 in this application note.
  4. Other connections:
    1. TS – NTC to monitor battery temperature, typically 10 kΩ.
    2. Cin and Cout – 1 µF effective capacitance connection to ground at both IN and OUT
    3. STAT1 and STAT2 – Open collector status outputs (optional connections)
    4. /CE – Charge enable input (optional connection)

3 700 mA/70 mA Variable Charge Current Li-Ion Fast Charge Design

Figure 3-1 provides a solution that will charge a Li-Ion battery at 700 mA or 70 mA with charge current selection controlled by a GPIO pin on a host device and termination at 10% of the selected charge current.

  • R-ISET1 will set fast charge current to 70 mA, 4.2 kΩ.
  • R-ISET2 will combine with R-ISET1 in parallel to set fast charge current to 700 mA, 480 Ω.
  • The external NMOS transistor with gate voltage controlled by a host GPIO pin will set fast charge current to 700 mA when turned on.
  • R-CHM_TMR will set chemistry to Li+ with a 10 hour safety timer, 82 kΩ.
  • R-VSET will set the number of cells and regulation voltage to 1 cell Li-Ion 4.2 V, 18 kΩ.
  • Charge enable (/CE) pin is connected to host MCU for external device control.
  • R-TS is required, a 10 kΩ NTC in battery pack is connected to pin.
  • STAT1/STAT2 LEDs are used together to indicate charge status and faults, they are optional.

This application supports enhanced charge current flexibility.

GUID-20210928-SS0I-PL1V-R9QD-DZXD4FGPJZZN-low.pngFigure 3-1 BQ25171-Q1 700-mA/70-mA Fast Charge

 

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