UCC3911 -1/-2/-3/-4
PRELIMINARY
SLUS429 - DECEMBER 1999
FEATURES
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Protects Sensitive Lithium-Ion
Cells from Overcharging and
Over-Discharging
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Used for Two-Cell Lithium-Ion
Battery Packs
•
No External FETs Required
•
Provides Protection Against
Battery Pack Output Short
Circuit
•
Extremely Low Power Drain
on Batteries of About 20µA
•
Low Internal FET Switch
Voltage Drop
•
User Controllable Delay for
Tripping Short Circuit Current
Protector
• 3A Current Capacity
Lithium-Ion Battery Protector
BLOCK DIAGRAM
UDG-95130-2
The UCC3911 is a two-cell lithium-ion battery pack pro
tector IC that incorporates an on-chip series FET switch
thus reducing manufacturing costs and increasing reli
ability. The IC’s primary function is to protect both lith
ium-ion cells in a two-cell battery pack from being either
overcharged or over-discharged. It employs a precision
bandgap voltage reference that is used to detect when
either cell is approaching an overcharged or
over-discharged state. When on board logic detects ei
ther condition, the series FET switch opens to protect the
cells.
A negative feedback loop controls the FET switch when
the battery pack is in either the overcharged or
over-discharged state. In the overcharged state the ac
tion of the feedback loop is to allow only discharge cur
rent to pass through the FET switch. In the
over-discharged state, only charging current is allowed to
flow. The op amp that drives the loop is powered only
when in one of these two states. In the over-discharged
state the chip enters sleep mode until it senses that the
pack is being charged.
The FET switch is driven by a charge pump when the
battery pack is in a normally charged state to achieve the
lowest possible RDS
ON. In this state the negative feed
back loop’s op amp is powered down to conserve battery
power. Short circuit protection for the battery pack is pro
vided and has a nominal delay of 100µs before tripping.
An external capacitor may be connected between CDLY
and B0 to increase this delay time to allow longer
overcurrent transients.
A chip enable (CE) pin is provided that while held low, in
hibits normal operation of the chip to facilitate assembly
of the battery pack.
The UCC3911 is specified for operation over the temper
ature range of −20°C to +70°C, the typical operating and
storage temperature range of lithium-ion batteries.
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