bq2012
Gas Gauge IC With
Slow-Charge Control
means of controlling charge based
Features
General Description
on the battery's charge state.
➤ Conservative and repeatable
measurement of available charge
in rechargeable batteries
The bq2012 Gas Gauge IC is in-
tended for battery-pack or in-system
installation to maintain an accurate
record of available battery charge.
The IC monitors a voltage drop
across a sense resistor connected in
series between the negative battery
terminal and ground to determine
charge and discharge activity of the
battery.
Nominal available charge may be di-
rectly indicated using a five- or six-
segment LED display. These seg-
ments are used to graphically indi-
cate nominal available charge.
➤ Charge control output
➤ Designed for battery pack inte-
The bq2012 supports a simple
single-line bidirectional serial link to
an external processor (common
ground). The bq2012 outputs battery
information in response to external
commands over the serial link.
gration
- 120µA typical standby current
(self-discharge estimation mode)
Self-discharge of NiMH and NiCd
batteries is estimated based on an
internal timer and temperature sen-
sor. Compensations for battery tem-
perature and rate of charge or dis-
charge are applied to the charge,
discharge, and self-discharge calcu-
lations to provide available charge
information across a wide range of
operating conditions. Battery capac-
ity is automatically recalibrated, or
“learned,” in the course of a dis-
charge cycle from full to empty.
- Small size enables imple-
Internal registers include available
charge, temperature, capacity, battery
ID, battery status, and programming
pin settings. To support subassembly
testing, the outputs may also be con-
trolled. The external processor may
also overwrite some of the bq2012 gas
gauge data registers.
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mentations in as little as
2
square inch of PCB
➤ Integrate within a system or as a
stand-alone device
- Display capacity via single-
wire serial communication
port or direct drive of LEDs
The bq2012 may operate directly
from three or four cells. With the
REF output and an external transis-
tor, a simple, inexpensive regulator
can be built to provide VCC across a
greater number of cells.
➤ Measurements compensated for
current and temperature
The bq2012 includes a charge con-
trol output that, when used with
other full-charge safety termination
methods, can provide a cost-effective
➤ Self-discharge compensation us-
ing internal temperature sensor
➤ 16-pin narrow SOIC
Pin Connections
Pin Names
LCOM
LED common output
REF
CHG
DQ
Voltage reference output
Charge control output
SEG1/PROG1 LED segment 1/
program 1 input
LCOM
SEG /PROG
1
2
3
4
5
6
16
15
14
13
12
11
V
CC
REF
CHG
DQ
Serial communications
input/output
1
1
SEG2/PROG2 LED segment 2/
program 2 input
SEG /PROG
2
2
EMPTY
Empty battery indicator
output
SEG /PROG
3
3
SEG3/PROG3 LED segment 3/
program 3 input
SEG /PROG
EMPTY
SB
4
4
SB
Battery sense input
Display control input
Sense resistor input
3.0–6.5V
SEG /PROG
5
5
SEG4/PROG4 LED segment 4/
program 4 input
SEG /PROG
7
8
10
9
DISP
SR
6
6
DISP
SR
V
SS
SEG5/PROG5 LED segment 5/
program 5 input
16-Pin Narrow SOIC
VCC
VSS
PN201201.eps
SEG6/PROG6 LED segment 6/
program 6 input
System ground
9/96 B
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