LTC2942
Battery Gas Gauge
with Temperature,
Voltage Measurement
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
The LTC®2942 measures battery charge state, battery
voltage and chip temperature in handheld PC and portable
productapplications.Itsoperatingrangeisperfectlysuited
for single cell Li-Ion batteries. A precision coulomb coun-
ter integrates current through a sense resistor between
the battery’s positive terminal and the load or charger.
Battery voltage and on-chip temperature are measured
with an internal 14-bit No Latency ΔΣ™ ADC. The three
measured quantities (charge, voltage and temperature)
are stored in internal registers accessible via the onboard
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Indicates Accumulated Battery Charge and
Discharge
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High Accuracy Analog Integration
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ADC Measures Battery Voltage and Temperature
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Integrated Temperature Sensor
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High Side Sense
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1% Voltage and Charge Accuracy
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±±5mꢀ Sense ꢀoltage Range
2
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SMBus/I C Interface
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Configurable Alert Output/Charge Complete Input
2
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2.7ꢀ to ±.±ꢀ Operating Range
SMBus/I C interface.
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Quiescent Current Less than 155μA
TheLTC2942featuresprogrammablehighandlowthresh-
olds for all three measured quantities. If a programmed
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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Small 6-Pin 2mm × 3mm DFN package
APPLICATIONS
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Low Power Handheld Products
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The LTC2942 requires only a single low value sense resis-
tor to set the measured current range.
L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology and the Linear logo are registered trademarks of Linear
Technology Corporation. No Latency ΔΣ is a trademark of Linear Technology Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Cellular Phones
MP3 Players
Cameras
GPS
TYPICAL APPLICATION
Total Charge Error vs
Differential Sense Voltage
2.5
ꢀ
+ = 3.6ꢀ
SENSE
1.±
1.5
CHARGER
LOAD
5.1μF
+
SENSE
LTC2942
AL/CC
5.±
R
SENSE
155mΩ
2
I C/SMBus
5
–
SDA
SCL
SENSE
TO HOST
–5.±
–1.5
–1.±
–2.5
+
1-CELL
Li-Ion
GND
2942 TA51a
5.1
1
15
155
ꢀ
(mꢀ)
SENSE
2942 TA51b
2942f
1