bq27500
bq27501
System-Side Impedance Track™ Fuel Gauge
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SLUS785D–SEPTEMBER 2007–REVISED APRIL 2008
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 FEATURES
1.2 APPLICATIONS
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Battery Fuel Gauge for 1-Series Li-Ion
Applications
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Smartphones
PDAs
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Resides on System Main Board
Digital Still and Video Cameras
Handheld Terminals
MP3 or Multimedia Players
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Works With Embedded or Removable
Battery Packs
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Two Varieties
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bq27500: Uses PACK+, PACK–, and T
Battery Terminals
1.3 DESCRIPTION
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bq27501: Works With Battery ID Resistor in
Battery Pack
The Texas Instruments bq27500/01 system-side
Li-Ion battery fuel gauge is
peripheral that provides fuel gauging for single-cell
Li-Ion battery packs. The device requires little system
microcontroller
bq27500/01 resides on the system main board, and
manages an embedded battery (non-removable) or a
removable battery pack.
a
microcontroller
Microcontroller Peripheral Provides:
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Accurate Battery Fuel Gauging
Internal Temperature Sensor for System
Temperature Reporting
firmware
development.
The
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Battery Low Interrupt Warning
Battery Insertion Indicator
Battery ID Detection
96 Bytes of Non-Volatile Scratch-Pad
FLASH
The bq27500/01 uses the patented Impedance
Track™ algorithm for fuel gauging, and provides
information such as remaining battery capacity
(mAh), state-of-charge (%), run-time to empty (min.),
battery voltage (mV), and temperature (°C).
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Battery Fuel Gauge Based on Patented
Impedance Track™ Technology
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Models the Battery Discharge Curve for
Accurate Time-to-Empty Predictions
Battery fuel gauging with the bq27500 requires only
PACK+ (P+), PACK– (P–), and Thermistor (T)
connections to
embedded battery. The bq27501 works with
identification resistors in battery packs to gauge
batteries of different fundamental chemistries and/or
significantly different rated capacities.
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Automatically Adjusts for Battery Aging,
Battery Self-Discharge, and
a
removable battery pack or
Temperature/Rate Inefficiencies
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Low-Value Sense Resistor (10 mΩ or Less)
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I2C™ Interface for Connection to System
Microcontroller Port
12-Pin 2,5-mm × 4-mm SON Package
TYPICAL APPLICATION
Host System
LDO
Single-Cell Li-Ion
Battery Pack
Voltage
Sense
PACK+
RID
Battery
Low
Warning
RID
Sense*
Protection
IC
Temp
Sense
Power
Management
Controller
I2C
T
bq27500/1
CHG
DSG
Battery
Good
FETs
PACK–
Current
Sense
*bq27501 Only
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Instruments semiconductor products and disclaimers thereto appears at the end of this document.
Impedance Track is a trademark of Texas Instruments.
I2C is a trademark of Philips Electronics.
PRODUCTION DATA information is current as of publication date.
Products conform to specifications per the terms of the Texas
Instruments standard warranty. Production processing does not
necessarily include testing of all parameters.
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