Preliminary bq2014H
Low-Cost NiCd/NiMH Gas Gauge IC
bidirectional serial link to an exter-
nal processor (common ground). The
Features
General Description
5kb/s HDQ bus interface reduces
communications overhead in the
external microcontroller.
➤ Accurate measurement of avail-
able capacity in NiCd or NiMH
batteries
The bq2014H NiCd/NiMH Gas
Gauge IC is intended for battery-
pack or in-system installation to
maintain an accurate record of
available battery capacity. The IC
monitors a voltage drop across a
sense resistor connected in series
between the negative battery termi-
nal and ground to determine
charge and discharge activity of
the battery. Compensations for bat-
tery temperature, self-discharge,
and rate of discharge are applied to
the charge counter to provide avail-
able capacity information across a
wide range of operating conditions.
Battery capacity is automatically re-
calibrated, or “learned,” in the
course of a discharge cycle from full
to empty.
Internal registers include available
capacity and energy, temperature,
voltage and current, and battery
status. The external processor may
also overwrite some of the bq2014H
gas gauge data registers.
➤ Low-cost battery management so-
lution for pack integration
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- As little as 2 square inch of
PCB for complete circuit
- Low operating current (120µA
typical)
The bq2014H can operate from the
batteries in the pack. The REF out-
put and an external transistor allow
a simple, inexpensive voltage regu-
lator to supply power to the circuit
from the cells.
- Less than 100nA of data
retention current
➤ High-speed (5kb/s) single-wire
communication interface (HDQ
bus) for critical battery
parameters
➤ Communication with an external
charge controller such as the
bq2004
Nominal available capacity may be
directly indicated using a five-
segment LED display. The bq2014H
also supports a simple single-line
➤ Direct drive of remaining capacity
LEDs
➤ Automatic rate and temperature
compensation of measurements
➤ 16-pin narrow SOIC
Pin Connections
Pin Names
LCOM
LED common output
VSS
System ground
SEG1/PROG1 LED segment 1/
program 1 input
SR
Sense resistor input
Display control input
Battery sense input
Register backup input
LCOM
SEG /PROG
1
2
3
4
5
6
16
15
14
13
12
11
V
CC
DISP
SB
REF
NC
1
1
SEG2/PROG2 LED segment 2/
program 2 input
SEG /PROG
2
2
SEG /PROG
HDQ
RBI
SB
3
3
SEG3/PROG3 LED segment 3/
program 3 input
RBI
HDQ
SEG /PROG
4
4
Serial communications
input/output
SEG /PROG
SEG4/PROG4 LED segment 4/
program 4 input
5
5
DONE
7
8
10
9
DISP
SR
NC
No connect
SEG5/PROG5 LED segment 5/
program 5 input
V
SS
REF
VCC
Voltage reference output
Supply voltage
16-Pin Narrow SOIC
DONE
Charge complete
input
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