RT9422A
Pack Side Single Cell Fuel Gauge
General Description
Features
Support Pack Side Fuel Gauging
The RT9422A Li-Ion/Li-Polymer battery fuel gauge is a
microcontroller peripheral that provides fuel gauging for
single-cell battery packs. The RT9422A resides within
the battery pack and manages a non-removable
battery or removable battery pack.
Battery Fuel Gauge for 1-Series (1sXp)
Li-Ion/Li-Polymer Applications
State of Charge (SOC) Calculated by
VoltaicGaugeTM with Current Sensing (VGCS)
No Accumulation Error on Capacity Calculation
Battery SOC, SOH, FCC, TTE and Cycle Count
Report
The RT9422A reports StateOfCharge, StateOfHealth,
FullChargeCapacity, TimeToEmpty and CycleCount
based on the Voltaic Gauge with Current Sensing
(VGCS) algorithm by using the voltage difference
between battery voltage and OCV to calculate the
increasing or decreasing SOC, with current sensing
compensation to report battery SOC.
Voltage Measurement : ±7.5mV
Current Measurement : ±1%
Battery Temperature Measurement: ±3°C
Battery Monitor with Alert Indicator for Voltage,
Temperature and SOC
Voltaic Gauge with Current Sensing algorithm can
support smoothly SOC and does not accumulate error
with time and current. That is an advantage compared
to coulomb counter which suffer from SOC drift caused
by current sense error and battery self-discharge.
Non Volatile Memory for Lifetime Logging,
Battery Characterizing and Manufacturer
Information Storage
Battery Secondary Safety Protection
SHA-1/HMAC for Battery Pack Authentication
High C-Rate Battery Charging Compliance
Low Power Consumption
The RT9422A provides complete battery status monitor
with interrupt alarm function. It could alert to host
processor actively when condition of battery
Low-Value Sense Resistor (1mto 40m,
Typical 10m)
over/under-voltage
and
over-temperature
in
charging/over-temperature in discharging. Especially
for high C-rate battery charging application, it can
measure battery voltage by kelvin sense connection to
eliminate the IR drop effect for optimal charging profile
and safety. More useful alarm functions are Under
SOC alert and SOC Change.
12 Pin WDFN Package with 0.4mm Pitch
I2C Controlled Interface
Applications
Smartphones
Tablet PC
Wearable Device
The secondary safety features of the RT9422A can be
used to indicate more serious faults via the SAFE pin.
Digital Still Cameras
Digital Video Cameras
Handheld and Portable Applications
This pin can be used to blow an in-line fuse to
permanently disable the battery pack from charging or
discharging. The SAFE pin also can used to detect
secondary protection IC status and log battery status in
the NVM when protection be triggered.
To prevent battery pack cloning, the RT9422A
integrates SHA-1/HMAC authentication with a 128-bit
secret key.
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is a registered trademark of Richtek Technology Corporation.
DS9422A-00 October 2020
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