(EQ. 4)
鈰?/div>
-----------------
1nF
(
minutes
)
(EQ. 5)
160
100
88.9
80
A 1nF capacitor leads to 14 minutes of TIMEOUT. For
example, a 15nF capacitor sets the TIMEOUT to be 3.5
hours. The charger has to reach the end-of-charge condition
before the TIMEOUT, otherwise, a TIMEOUT fault is issued.
The TIMEOUT fault latches up the charger. There are two
ways to release such a latch-up: either to recycle the input
power, or toggle the EN pin to disable the charger and then
enable it again.
The trickle mode charge has a time limit of 1/8 TIMEOUT. If
the battery voltage does not reach V
MIN
within this limit, a
TIMEOUT fault is issued and the charger latches up. The
charger stays in trickle mode for at least 15 cycles of the
internal oscillator and, at most, 1/8 of TIMEOUT, as shown in
Figure 20.
TABLE 3. EOC CURRENT vs R
IREF
VALUES.
EOC CURRENT (mA)
R
IREF
(k鈩?
267
160
100
88.9
80
MIN
15
20
40
45
70
TYP
30
50
80
90
100
MAX
60
80
120
135
150
Charge Current Programming
The charge current in the CC mode is programmed by the
IREF pin. The voltage of IREF is regulated to a 0.8V
reference voltage. The charging current during the constant
The ISL9203 is designed to be safe when the IREF pin is
accidentally short-circuited to an external source or to
ground. If the IREF pin is driven by an external source to
below 0.38V or above 1.5V for any reason, the charger is
disabled and the FAULT pin turns to LOW to indicate a fault
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