LTC1760
Dual Smart Battery
System Manager
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
The LTC®1760 Smart Battery System Manager is a highly-
integrated SMBus Level 3 battery charger and selector
intended for products using dual smart batteries. Three
SMBus interfaces allow the LTC1760 to servo to the
internal voltage and currents measured by the batteries
while allowing an SMBus Host device to monitor either
battery’s status. Charging accuracy is determined by the
battery’s internal voltage and current measurements, typi-
cally better than 0.ꢀ2.
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SMBus Charger/Selector for Two Smart Batteries*
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Voltage and Current Accuracy within 0.2% of Value
Reported by Battery
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Simplifies Construction of “Smart Battery System
Manager”
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Includes All SMBus Charger V1.1 Safety Features
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Supports Autonomous Operation without a Host
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Allows Both Batteries to Discharge Simultaneously
into Single Load with Low Loss (Ideal Diode)
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A proprietary PowerPath architecture supports simultane-
ouschargingordischargingofbothbatteries.Typicalbattery
run times are extended by up to 102, while charging times
are reduced by up to 502. The LTC1760 automatically
switchesbetweenpowersourcesinlessthan10μstoprevent
power interruption upon battery or wall adapter removal.
SMBus Switching for Dual Batteries with Alarm
Monitoring for Charging Battery at All Times
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Pin Programmable Limits for Maximum Charge
Current and Voltage Improve Safety
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Fast Autonomous PowerPath™ Switching (<10μs)
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Low Loss Simultaneous Charging of Two Batteries
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>952 Efficient Synchronous Buck Charger
The LTC1760 implements all elements of a version 1.1
“SmartBatterySystemManager”exceptforthegeneration
of composite battery information. An internal multiplexer
cleanly switches the SMBus Host to either of the two
attached Smart Batteries without generating partial mes-
sages to batteries or SMBus Host. Thermistors on both
batteriesareautomaticallymonitoredfortemperatureand
disconnection information (SafetySignal).
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AC Adapter Current Limiting* Maximizes Charge Rate
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SMBus Accelerator Improves SMBus Timing**
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Available in 48-Lead TSSOP Package
APPLICATIONS
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Portable Computers and Instruments
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Standalone Dual Smart Battery Chargers
L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology and the Linear logo are registered trademarks and
PowerPath is a trademark of Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. Protected by U.S. Patents including *57ꢀ3970 **6650174.
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Battery Backup Systems
TYPICAL APPLICATION
Dual Battery Charger/Selector System Architecture
Dual vs Sequential Charging
3500
DC
IN
BATꢀ
BAT1
CURRENT
3000
ꢀ500
ꢀ000
1500
1000
500
CURRENT
SEQUENTIAL
SYSTEM
POWER
0
3500
3000
ꢀ500
ꢀ000
1500
1000
500
LTC1760
BAT1
CURRENT
SMBus (HOST)
BATꢀ
DUAL
CURRENT
100
MINUTES
SafetySignal 1
SMBus 1
0
0
100
150
ꢀ00 ꢀ50
300
50
TIME (MINUTES)
BATTERY TYPE: 10.8V Li-Ion (MOLTECH NIꢀ0ꢀ0)
REQUESTED CURRENT = 3A
SafetySignal ꢀ
REQUESTED VOLTAGE = 1ꢀ.3V
MAX CHARGER CURRENT = 4.1A
1760 TA03
SMBus ꢀ
1760 TA01
1760fa
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