LTC4006 4A, High Efficiency, Standalone Li-Ion U Battery Charger FEATURESDESCRIPTIO ■ Complete Charger Controller for 2-, 3- or 4-Cell The LTC®4006 is a complete constant-current/constant- Lithium-Ion Batteries voltage charger controller for 2-, 3- or 4-cell lithium bat- ■ High Conversion Efficiency: Up to 96% teries in a small package using few external components. ■ Output Currents Exceeding 4A The PWM controller is a synchronous, quasi-constant fre- ■ ± 0.8% Accurate Preset Voltages: 8.4V, 12.6V, 16.8V quency, constant off-time architecture that will not gener- ■ Built-In Charge Termination with Automatic Restart ate audible noise even when using ceramic capacitors. ■ AC Adapter Current Limiting Maximizes Charge Rate* The LTC4006 is available in 8.4V, 12.6V and 16.8V versions ■ Automatic Conditioning of Deeply Discharged with ±0.8% voltage accuracy. Charging current is program- Batteries mable with a single sense resistor to ±4% typical accuracy. ■ Thermistor Input for Temperature Qualified Charging Charging current can be monitored as a representative ■ Wide Input Voltage Range: 6V to 28V voltage at the IMON pin. A timer, programmed by an external ■ 0.5V Dropout Voltage; Maximum Duty Cycle: 98% resistor, sets the total charge time or is reset to 25% of total ■ Programmable Charge Current: ±4% Accuracy charge time after C/10 charging current is reached. Charg- ■ Indicator Outputs for Charging, C/10 Current ing automatically resumes when the cell voltage falls below Detection and AC Adapter Present 3.9V/cell. ■ Charging Current Monitor Output ■ 16-Pin Narrow SSOP Package Fully discharged cells are automatically trickle charged at 10% of the programmed current until the cell voltage ex- U ceeds 2.5V/cell. Charging terminates if the low-battery APPLICATIO S condition persists for more than 25% of the total charge ■ Notebook Computers time. ■ Portable Instruments The LTC4006 includes a thermistor sensor input that ■ Battery-Backup Systems suspends charging if an unsafe temperature condition is ■ Standalone Li-Ion Chargers detected and automatically resumes charging when the battery temperature returns to within safe limits. , LT, LTC and LTM are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Protected by U.S. Patents including 5723970. UTYPICAL APPLICATIO4A Li-Ion Battery Charger DCIN INPUT SWITCH 0V TO 28V 3A 0.1µF 5k VLOGIC 100k DCIN INFET 15nF 0.033Ω LTC4006 CHG CHG CLP TO SYSTEM LOAD ACP ACP/SHDN CLN 20µF CHARGING I TGATE CURRENT MONITOR MON 32.4k 10µH 0.025Ω NTC BGATE BATTERY 0.0047µF RT PGND 20µF THERMISTOR ITH CSP 10k 309k NTC TIMING 6k GND BAT RESISTOR 0.47µF (~2 HOURS) 0.12µF 4006 TA01 4006fa 1