is used for all the odd percentage charge indications to
assure a monotonic charge status display.
When MULT is pulled up to V
CC
, the bq2007 charge
status monitor directly displays
1
32
of the charge safety
timer as a percentage of full charge. This method is rec
-
ommended over the voltage-based method when charg
ing fixed-cell packs where the battery terminal voltages
can vary greatly between packs. This method offers an
accurate charge status indication when the battery is
fully discharged. When using the timer-based method,
discharge-before-charge is recommended.
During discharge with MULT pulled down to V
SS
, the
charge status monitor indicates the percentage of the bat
tery voltage by comparing V
BAT
to the internal discharge
voltage reference thresholds. In BCD format, the dis
charge thresholds V
80,V60,V40
, and V20correspond to a
battery charge state indication of 90%, 70%, 50%, and 30%,
respectively. In bargraph format, the same discharge
thresholds correspond to a battery charge state indication
of 90%, 60%, 40%, and 30%, respectively. Differences in
the battery charge state indications are due to the finer
granularity of the BCD versus the bargraph format.
During discharge and when MULT is pulled up to V
CC
,
the state-of-charge monitor BCD format displays the
discharge condition, letter “d,” whereas the bargraph format has no indication.
The charge status display is blanked during the charge
pending state and when the battery pack is removed.
Charge Status Display Modes
The bq2007 charge status monitor can be displayed in
two modes summarized in Table 3. The display modes
are a seven-segment monotonic bargraph or a sevensegment BCD single-digit format. When QDSEL is
pulled down to V
SS
, pins SEG
A–G
drive the decoded seven
segments of a single BCD digit display, and when QDSEL
is pulled up to V
CC
, pins SEG
A–G
drive the seven seg
-
ments of a bargraph display.
In the bargraph display mode, outputs SEG
A–G
allow op
-
tions for a three-segment to seven-segment bargraph dis
-
play. The three-segment charge status display uses out
-
puts SEG
B
,SEGD, and SEGFfor 30%, 60%, and 90%
charge indications, respectively. The four-segment charge
status display uses outputs SEG
A
, SEGC, SEGD,and
SEG
E
for 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% indications,
respectively. The seven-segment charge status monitor
uses all segments.
The BCD display mode drives pins SEG
A–G
with the
decoded seven-segment single-digit information. The
display indicates in 10% increments from a BCD zero
count at charge initiation to a BCD nine count indicating 90% charge capacity. Charge completion is indicated
by the letter “F,” a fault condition by the letter “E,” and
the discharge condition by the letter “d.” See Table 3.
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bq2007
Mode Charge Action State LED
1
LED
2
DIS ALARM
DSEL
1
= L
DSEL
2
= L
(Mode 1)
Battery absent 0000
Charge pending (temp. limit, low voltage) 0 Flashing 0 0
Discharge in progress 0110
Charging Flashing 0 0 0
Charge complete 1 0 0 High tone
Fault (low-voltage time-out) 0 0 0 High tone
DSEL
1
= H
DSEL
2
= L
(Mode 2)
Battery absent 0000
Discharge in progress, pending 1110
Charging 1000
Charge complete 0 1 0 High tone
Fault (low-voltage time-out) 0 0 0 High tone
DSEL
1
= L
DSEL
2
= H
(Mode 3)
Battery absent 0000
Charge pending (temp. limit, low voltage) 0 Flashing 0 0
Discharge in progress 0 Flashing 1 0
Charging Flashing 0 0 0
Charge complete 1 0 0 High tone
Fault (low-voltage time-out) 0 1 0 High tone
Note: 1 = on; 0 = off; L = pulled down to VSS; H = pulled up to VCC.
Table 2. bq2007 Charge Status Display Summary