bq2050H
Low-Cost Lithium Ion Power Gauge™ IC
ments are used to graphically indi-
cate available capacity. The
Features
General Description
bq2050H also supports a simple
single-line bidirectional serial link
to an external processor (common
ground). The 5kb HDQ bus interface
reduces communications overhead
in the external microcontroller.
➤ Accurate measurement of avail-
able capacity in Lithium Ion bat-
teries
The bq2050H Lithium Ion Power
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.
➤ Provides a low-cost battery man-
agement solution for pack
integration
Internal registers include available
capacity, temperature, scaled avail-
able energy, battery ID, battery
status, and Li-Ion charge FET
status. The external processor may
also overwrite some of the bq2050H
power gauge data registers.
- Complete circuit can fit in as
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little as 2 square inch of PCB
- Low operating current (120µA
typical)
- Less than 100nA of data
retention current
The bq2050H 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.
➤ High-speed (5kb) single-wire
communication interface (HDQ
bus) for critical battery
parameters
➤ Monitors and controls charge FET
in Li-Ion pack protection circuit
Nominal available capacity may be
directly indicated using a five-
segment LED display. These seg-
➤ Direct drive of remaining capacity
LEDs
➤ Measurements automatically
compensated for rate and
temperature
➤ 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
1
2
3
4
5
6
16
15
14
13
12
11
V
CC
DISP
SB
SEG /PROG
REF
PSTAT
HDQ
RBI
1
1
SEG2/PROG2 LED segment 2/
program 2 input
SEG /PROG
2
2
SEG /PROG
SEG3/PROG3 LED segment 3/
program 3 input
RBI
HDQ
3
3
SEG /PROG
4
4
Serial communications
input/output
SEG /PROG
SB
SEG4/PROG4 LED segment 4/
program 4 input
5
5
CFC
7
8
10
9
DISP
SR
PSTAT
REF
Protector status input
Voltage reference output
Supply voltage
V
SS
SEG5/PROG5 LED segment 5/
program 5 input
16-Pin Narrow SOIC
PN2050H1.eps
CFC
Charge FET control
output
VCC
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