enforced again on the top-off phase, if selected (bq2002T
only). There is no time limit on the trickle-charge
phase.
Top-off Charge—bq2002T Only
An optional top-off charge phase may be selected to
follow fast charge termination for 1C and C/4 rates.
This phase may be necessary on NiMH or other bat
tery chemistries that have a tendency to terminate
charge prior to reaching full capacity. With top-off en
abled, charging continues at a reduced rate after
fast-charge termination for a period of time selected
by the TM pin. (See Table 1.) During top-off, the CC
pin is modulated at a duty cycle of 286µs active for
every 4290µs inactive. This modulation results in an
average rate 1/16th that of the fast charge rate. Maxi
mum voltage, time, and temperature are the only ter
mination methods enabled during top-off.
Pulse-Trickle Charge—bq2002T Only
Pulse-trickle is used to compensate for self-discharge
while the battery is idle in the charger. The battery is
pulse-trickle charged by driving the CC pin active for a
period of 286µs for every 72.9ms of inactivity for 1C and
2C selections, and 286µs for every 17.9ms of inactivity
for C/4 selection. This results in a trickle rate of C/256
for the top-off enabled mode and C/128 otherwise.
TM Pin
The TM pin is a three-level pin used to select the
charge timer, top-off, voltage termination mode, trickle
rate, and voltage hold-off period options. Table 1 de
scribes the states selected by the TM pin. The midlevel selection input is developed by a resistor di
vider between V
CC
and ground that fixes the voltage
on TM at V
CC
/2 ± 0.5V. See Figure 5.
Charge Status Indication
In the fast charge and charge pending states, and when
-
ever the inhibit pin is active, the LED
pin goes low. The
LED
pin is driven to the high-Z state for all other condi
-
tions. Figure 3 outlines the state of the LED
pin during
charge.
Charge Inhibit
Fast charge and top-off may be inhibited by using the
INH pin. When high, INH suspends all fast charge and
top-off activity and the internal charge timer. INH
freezes the current state of LED
until inhibit is re
moved. Temperature monitoring is not affected by the
INH pin. During charge inhibit, the bq2002D/T contin
ues to pulse-trickle charge the battery per the TM selec
tion. When INH returns low, charge control and the
charge timer resume from the point where INH became
active. The V
TS
sample history is cleared by INH.
Low-Power Mode
The IC enters a low-power state when V
BAT
is driven
above the power-down threshold (V
PD
) where:
V
PD
= VCC- (1V ±0.5V)
Both the CC pin and the LED
pin are driven to the
high-Z state. The operating current is reduced to less
than 1µA in this mode. When V
BAT
returns to a value
below V
PD
, the IC pulse-trickle charges until the next
new charge cycle begins.
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