LTC2941
Battery Gas Gauge
2
with I C Interface
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
The LTC®2941 measures battery charge state in battery-
supplied handheld PC and portable product applications.
Its operating range is perfectly suited for single cell Li-Ion
batteries. A precision coulomb counter integrates current
through a sense resistor between the battery’s positive
terminal and the load or charger. The measured charge
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Indicates Accumulated Battery Charge and
Discharge
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High Accuracy Analog Integration
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High Side Sense
1% Charge Accuracy
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±±5mꢀ Sense ꢀoltage Range
2
2
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SMBus/I C Interface
is stored in internal registers. An SMBus/I C interface
accesses and configures the device.
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Configurable Alert Output/Charge Complete Input
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2.7ꢀ to ±.±ꢀ Operating Range
TheLTC2941featuresprogrammablehighandlowthresh-
olds for accumulated charge. If a threshold is exceeded,
the device communicates an alert using either the SMBus
alert protocol or by setting a flag in the internal status
register.
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Quiescent Current Less than 155μA
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Small 6-Pin 2mm × 3mm DFN package
APPLICATIONS
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The LTC2941 requires only a single low value external
sense resistor to set the current range.
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Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Low Power Handheld Products
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Cellular Phones
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MP3 Player
Cameras
GPS
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TYPICAL APPLICATION
Total Charge Error vs
Differential Sense Voltage
2.5
CHARGER
LOAD
5.1μF
ꢀ
+ = 3.6ꢀ
SENSE
+
–
1.±
1.5
SENSE
SENSE
LTC2941
AL/CC
SDA
SCL
R
SENSE
155mΩ
2
I C/SMBus
TO HOST
5.±
+
1-CELL
Li-Ion
5
GND
–5.±
–1.5
–1.±
–2.5
2941 TA51a
5.1
1
15
155
ꢀ
(mꢀ)
SENSE
2941 TA51b
2941f
1