LT1510/LT1510-5 Constant-Voltage/ Constant-Current Battery Charger FEATURES ■ Charges NiCd, NiMH and Lithium-Ion Batteries –– plest, most efficient solution to fast-charge modern re- Only One 1/ chargeable batteries including lithium-ion (Li-Ion), nickel- 10W Resistor Is Needed to ProgramCharging Current metal-hydride (NiMH)* and nickel-cadmium (NiCd)* that ■ High Efficiency Current Mode PWM with 1.5A require constant-current and/or constant-voltage charg- Internal Switch and Sense Resistor ing. The internal switch is capable of delivering 1.5A DC ■ 3% Typical Charging Current Accuracy current (2A peak current). The 0.1Ω onboard current ■ Precision 0.5% Voltage Reference for Voltage sense resistor makes the charging current programming ModeCharging or Overvoltage Protection very simple. One resistor (or a programming current from ■ Current Sensing Can Be at Either Terminal of a DAC) is required to set the full charging current (1.5A) to the Battery within 5% accuracy. The LT1510 with 0.5% reference ■ Low Reverse Battery Drain Current: 3µA voltage accuracy meets the critical constant-voltage charg- ■ Charging Current Soft Start ing requirement for lithium cells. ■ Shutdown Control The LT1510 can charge batteries ranging from 2V to 20V. ■ 500kHz Version Uses Small Inductor Ground sensing of current is not required and the battery’s U negative terminal can be tied directly to ground. A saturat- APPLICATIONS ing switch running at 200kHz (500kHz for LT1510-5) gives ■ high charging efficiency and small inductor size. A block- Chargers for NiCd, NiMH and Lithium Batteries ■ ing diode is not required between the chip and the battery Step-Down Switching Regulator with Precision because the chip goes into sleep mode and drains only 3µA Adjustable Current Limit when the wall adaptor is unplugged. Soft start and shutdown U features are also provided. The LT1510 is available in a 16-pin DESCRIPTION fused lead power SO package with a thermal resistance of 50°C/W, an 8-pin SO and a 16-pin PDIP. With switching frequency as high as 500kHz, The LT®1510 , LTC and LT are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. current mode PWM battery charger is the smallest, sim- * NiCd and NiMH batteries require charge termination circuitry (not shown in Figure 1). UTYPICAL APPLICATIONS D3 C1 D3 D1 1N5819 C1 D1 0.22µF 1N5819 11V TO 28V MBRM120T3 0.22µF MBRM120T3 8.2V TO 20V SW VCC + SW VCC + CIN* + C – IN* + 10µF 10µF – BOOST PROG 1µF BOOST PROG L1** 1µF 300Ω 3.83k L1** 300Ω 33µH LT1510 6.19k D2 10µH LT1510-5 D2 1N914 GND V 0.1µF MMBD914L C GND V 1k C 0.1µF 1k OVP OVP SENSE BAT + SENSE BAT + + COUT 4.2V + 22µF COUT*** Q3† 4.2V TANT + 22µF Q3† VN2222 2N7002 4.2V R3 R3 240k NOTE: COMPLETE LITHIUM-ION CHARGER, NO TERMINATION REQUIRED 70.6k 0.25% TOKIN OR MARCON CERAMIC SURFACE MOUNT * 0.25% R4 COILTRONICS TP3-100, 10 ** µH, 2.2mm HEIGHT (0.8A CHARGING CURRENT) NOTE: COMPLETE LITHIUM-ION CHARGER, NO TERMINATION REQUIRED R4 100k COILTRONICS TP1 SERIES, 10µH, 1.8mm HEIGHT (<0.5A CHARGING CURRENT) 100k * TOKIN OR MARCON CERAMIC SURFACE MOUNT 0.25% PANASONIC EEFCD1B220 *** 0.25% ** COILTRONICS CTX33-2 1510 F02 OPTIONAL, SEE APPLICATIONS INFORMATION † 1510 F01 † OPTIONAL, SEE APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Figure 1. 500kHz Smallest Li-Ion Cell Phone Charger (0.8A)Figure 2. Charging Lithium Batteries (Efficiency at 1.3A > 87%) 1