Application Note: SY6924
High Efficiency, 2.5A, Multi-Cell Li-Ion Battery Charger
General Description
Features
SY6924 is a 4-14V input, 2.5A multi-cell Li-Ion
battery step-down charger. The charge current up to
2.5A can be programmed by using the external resistor
for different portable applications. It also has a
programmable charge timeout and adaptive input
power limit for safety battery charge operation. It
consists of 16V rating reverse blocking FET and power
switching FETs with extremely low ON resistance to
achieve high charge efficiency and simple peripheral
circuit design.
SY6924 along with small QFN3×3 footprint provides
small PCB area application.
Ordering Information
SY6924 □(□□
□□)□
□□ □
Tempera ture Code
Packa ge Code
Optiona l Spec Code
Ordering Number
SY6924QDC
Package type
QFN3×3-16
Integrated Synchronous Buck and Reverse
Blocking FET with 16V Rating
Adaptive Input Power Limit for 4-14V Wide
Input Voltage
Maximum 2.5A Programmable Charge Current
4.2V and 4.35V Constant Voltage Selectable
+/-0.5% Cell Voltage Accuracy
Support Single-cell or Two-cell Battery Pack
External Shutdown Function
Input Voltage UVLO and OVP
Thermal Fold-back Protection
Over Temperature Protection
Battery Short Protection
Programmable Charge Timeout
Charge Status Indication
Low Profile QFN3×3 Package for Portable
Applications
Applications
Note
Power Bank
Cellular Telephones, PDA, MP3 Players, MP4
Players
PSP Game Players, NDS Game Players
Notebook
Typical Applications
Figure1. Schematic Diagram
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Pinout (top view)
(QFN3×3-16)
Top Mark: Ynxyz, (Device code: Yn, x=year code, y=week code, z= lot number code)
Pin Name
Pin Number
RS
1
CELL
2
TIM
3
NTC
4
CV
5
VSEN
6
EN
7
SGND
8
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Description
Charge current sense resistor positive pin. The sensed voltage drop
between RS and BAT is used for charge current regulation and
charge termination detection.
Battery voltage selection pin. Floating for two cells battery and
grounding for single cell battery. CELL pin can’t be pulled high to
any bias voltage higher than 3.3V.
Charge time-out programming pin. Connect this pin with a capacitor
to ground to program the time-out protection threshold. Internal
current source charge the capacitor for TC mode and fast charge
(CC&CV) mode’s charge time limit. TC charge time limit is about
1/9 of fast charge time.
Battery thermal sense pin. The voltage on the NTC pin is sensed for
battery thermal protection. UTP threshold is typical 75% of VIN and
OTP threshold is typical 45% of VIN.
NTC pin also can be used for the adaptive input power limit
reference refresh.
The adaptive input power limit threshold will be refreshed when
NTC is pulled low for more than 100ms. SY6924 sets the charge
current to the trickle value; the IC will refresh the adaptive input
power limit threshold according the input voltage. For higher than
6V input, the IC will clamp the input voltage at VIN-0.6V by
regulating the duty cycle of Buck converter. For lower than 6V
input, the clamped input voltage is set by VSEN pin.
Battery CV voltage selection pin.
Input voltage sense pin for adaptive input power limit. If the voltage
drops to internal 1.19V reference voltage, the VIN will be clamped to
setting value and input current will be limited.
Enable control pin. High logic for enable on and low logic for enable
off.
Signal ground pin.
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STAT
9
BD
10, 13
BST
11
IN
12
LX
PGND
BAT
14
15
16
Charge status indication pin. Open drain pin. Pull high to IN thru a
LED to indicate the charge in process. When the charge is done,
LED is off.
Connect to the drain of internal blocking FET. Bypass at least a 10µF
ceramic cap to GND.
Boot-strap pin. Supply main FET’s gate driver. Decouple this pin to
LX with a 0.1µF ceramic cap.
DC power input pin. Connect a MLCC from this pin to ground to
decouple high harmonic noise. This pin has OVP and UVLO
function to make the charger operate within safe input voltage area.
Switch node pin. Connect to external inductor.
Power ground pin.
Battery voltage sense pin.
Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note 1)
IN, BAT, LX, NTC, STAT, BD, EN, CV, VSEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18V
TIM, CELL------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4V
BST-LX Voltage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4V
RS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAT-0.3~BAT+0.3V
LX Pin Current Continuous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5A
Power Dissipation, PD @ TA = 25°C, QFN3×3----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1W
Package Thermal Resistance (Note 2)
θ JA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 °C/W
θ JC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 °C/W
Junction Temperature Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -40°C to 125°C
Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 260°C
Storage Temperature Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -65°C to 150°C
Recommended Operating Conditions
(Note 3)
IN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4V to 14V
BAT, LX, NTC, STAT, BD, EN, CV, VSEN--------------------------------------------------------------------------0V to16V
TIM, CELL--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0V to 3.3V
BST-LX Voltage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0V to 3.3V
RS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAT-0.25~BAT+0.25V
LX Pin Current Continuous --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.5A
Junction Temperature Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -40°C to 100°C
Ambient Temperature Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -40°C to 85°C
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Electrical Characteristics
TA=25°C, VIN=5V, GND=0V, CIN=10µF, L=2.2µH, RS=10mΩ, CTIM=330nF, unless otherwise specified.
Parameter
Bias Supply (VIN)
Supply Voltage Operation
Range
Input Voltage Lockout
Threshold
Input Voltage Lockout
Hysteresis
Input Over Voltage Protection
Input Over Voltage Protection
Hysteresis
Quiescent Current
Battery Discharge Current
Input Quiescent Current
Oscillator and PWM
Switching Frequency
Power MOSFET
RDS(ON) of Main N-FET
RDS(ON) of Rectified N-FET
RDS(ON) of Blocking N-FET
Voltage Regulation
Battery Charge Voltage
Symbol
VIN
∆VOVP
IBAT
IIN
VIN absent or EN=Low
Disable charge
∆VUVLO
VIN_OVP
Min
Typ
4
VIN rising and measured
from IN to ground
Measured from IN to
ground
VIN rising and measured
from IN to ground
Measured from IN to
ground
VUVLO
Max
Unit
14
V
4
V
0.2
V
V
13.5
0.5
5
0.8
V
10
1.1
µA
mA
fSW
500
kHz
RNFET_M
30
mΩ
RNFET_R
RNFET_B
55
45
mΩ
mΩ
VBAT_REG
Recharge Threshold Refer to
∆VRCH
VBAT_REG
Trickle Charge Rising Edge
VTRK
Threshold
Adaptive Input Current REF Modify
NTC Voltage Threshold for
Adaptive Input Current
VNTC
Reference Refresh
NTC Low Time to Enable the
tDET
Adaptive Input Current Refresh
Charge Current
Charge Current Accuracy for
ICC
Constant Current Mode
Charge Current Accuracy for
ITC
Trickle Current Mode
Termination Current
ITERM
Output Voltage OVP
Output Voltage OVP Threshold VO_OVP
Adaptive Input Power Limit Reference
Reference for Adaptive Input
VSEN
Power Limit
The Adaptive Input Power
∆VAICL
Limit Reference is VIN-∆VAICL
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Conditions
1-cell battery, VCV1.5V
2-cell battery, VCV1.5V
1-cell battery
2-cell battery
1-cell battery
2-cell battery
NTC falling edge
4.179
4.328
8.358
8.656
50
100
2.7
5.4
4.2
4.35
8.4
8.7
100
200
2.8
5.6
4.221
4.371
8.442
8.744
150
300
2.9
5.8
0.4
Low pulse width
mV
V
V
100
ms
ICC=25mV/RS
-10%
10%
ITC=2.5mV/RS
-50%
50%
ITERM=2.5mV/RS
-50%
50%
NTC pull low than 100ms
and VIN is higher than 6V
V
105%
110%
115%
VBAT_REG
1.16
1.19
1.22
V
600
mV
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Timer
Trickle Current Charge
tTC
Timeout
Constant Current Charge
tCC
Timeout
Charge Mode Change Delay
tMC
Time
Termination Delay Time
tTERM
Recharge Time Delay
tRCHG
Short Circuit Protection
Output Short Protection
VSHORT
Threshold, Falling Edge
Auto Shut Down
Auto Shutdown Voltage
VASD
Threshold
Auto Shutdown Voltage
∆VASD
Threshold Hysteresis
Logical Control
High Level Logic for Enable
VENH
Control
Low Level Logic for Enable
VENL
Control
High Level Logic for CV
VCVH
Low Level Logic for CV
VCVL
Battery Thermal Protection NTC
Under Temperature Protection
VNTC_UTP
Under Temperature Protection
VNTC_UTP_HYS
Hysteresis
Over Temperature Protection
VNTC_OTP
Over Temperature Protection
VNTC_OTP_HYS
Hysteresis
Thermal Fold-back and Thermal Shutdown
Thermal Fold-back Threshold
TFold
Thermal Fold-back Hysteresis
TFoldHYS
Falling Edge
Thermal Fold-back Ratio
IFold
Thermal Shutdown
TSD
Temperature
Thermal Shutdown
TSDHYS
Temperature Hysteresis
VIN fall, measured from IN to
BAT
VIN rise, measured from IN to
BAT
0.36
0.5
0.64
hour
3.5
4.5
5.5
hour
30
ms
30
30
ms
ms
1.7
2.00
2.3
40
110
180
mV
65
1.5
V
0.4
V
0.4
V
V
1.5
74%
Falling edge
Rising threshold
75%
76%
5%
44%
Rising edge
V
45%
46%
VIN
1.5%
120
ºC
20
ºC
0.25
ICC
160
ºC
30
ºC
Note 1: Stresses beyond the “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. These are
stress ratings only. Functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the
operational sections of the specification is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for
extended periods may affect device reliability.
Note 2: θ JA is measured in the natural convection at TA = 25°C on a low effective four-layer thermal conductivity
test board of JEDEC 51-3 thermal measurement standard.
Note 3: The device is not guaranteed to function outside its operating conditions.
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Typical Performance Characteristics
(TA=25°C, VIN=5V, VBAT=3.6V for single-cell battery application. VIN=9V, VBAT=7.6V for two-cell battery
application. Rs=10mΩ, CTIM=330nf, unless otherwise specified.)
Efficiency vs. Load Current
99
98
97
96
Single Cell Battery
95
Two Cell Battery
94
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Charge Current (A)
Steady Waveforms
(Two cells battery, CV Mode)
CH1:VIN CH2:VLX CH3:VBAT CH4:IL
VBAT
5V/div
VIN
5V/div
IL
VLX
2A/div
10V/div
Time (4us/div)
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Steady Waveforms
Steady Waveforms
(TC Mode)
(Short Mode)
VIN
CH1:VIN CH2:VLX CH3:VBAT CH4:IL
2V/div
VBAT
2V/div
VSTAT
5V/div
IL
1A/div
IL
VIN
1A/div
2V/div
IL
2A/div
VLX
2V/div
CH1:VIN CH2:VBAT CH3:VSTAT CH4:IL
VBAT
2V/div
Time (4us/div)
Time (200ms/div)
Steady Waveform When No Battery
Steady Waveform
(NTC=50% VIN,No battery)
(NTC=50% VIN,100mA load to BAT,VBAT=3V)
CH2: VBAT CH3: VSTAT CH4: IL
CH2: VBAT CH3: VSTAT CH4: IL
VSTAT 10V/div
VSTAT 10V/div
VBAT
5V/div
IL
0.5A/div
VBAT
IL
5V/div
0.5A/div
Time (100ms/div)
Time (100ms/div)
Power On
Soft Start
(Two Cell Battery)
CH1: VIN CH2: VSTAT CH3: VBAT CH4:IBAT
(Two Cell Battery)
CH1: VIN CH2: VLX CH3: VBAT CH4: IL
VBAT
5V/div
VBAT
5V/div
VIN
5V/div
VIN
5V/div
VSTAT
10V/div
IL
2A/div
IBAT
2A/div
Time (200ms/div)
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VLX
10V/div
Time (4ms/div)
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Low Pulse On NTC Pin
Adaptive Input Power Limit Reference Refresh
(VIN=9V VBAT=7.6V )
CH1: VIN CH2: VNTC CH3: VBAT CH4:IBAT
(Input Adapter changes to 7V/1A VBAT=3.6V )
CH1: VIN CH2:VNTC CH3: VBAT CH4:IBAT
VBAT
VIN
IBAT
VNTC
5V/div
5V/div
VIN
2V/div
IBAT
1A/div
5V/div
2A/div
5V/div
Time (200ms/div)
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VBAT
VNTC
2V/div
Time (400ms/div)
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General Function Description
SY6924 is a 4V-14V input, 2.5A step-down multicell Li-Ion battery charger, which integrates reverse
blocking FET, 500 kHz synchronous buck and full
protection functions. The charge current up to 2.5A
can be programmed by using the external resistor for
different portable applications. It also has a
programmable charge timeout and adaptive input
power limit for safety battery charge operation. It
consists of 16V rating FETs with extremely low ON
resistance to achieve high charge efficiency and
simple peripheral circuit design.
Charging Status Indication Description
STAT is an open drain pin and a pull up resistor is
needed for charging status indication. Connect a LED
from IN to STAT pin, LED ON means Charge-inProcess, LED OFF means Charge Done, LED
Flashing with 1.3Hz means Fault Mode.
1. Charge-In-Process – Pull and keep STAT pin to
Low;
2. Charge Done – Pull and keep STAT pin to High;
3. Fault Mode – Output high and low voltage
alternatively with 1.3Hz frequency. The faults
include input OVP, BAT OVP, BAT short, BAT
UTP, BAT OTP, time-out and thermal shutdown.
Switching Mode Buck Charger Basic
Operation Description
Switching Mode Control Strategy
SY6924 utilizes quasi-fixed frequency control to
simplify the internal close-loop compensation design.
The quasi-fixed frequency settled at 500 kHz is easy
for the size minimization of peripheral circuit design.
During the light load operation, the OFF time of the
main switch is going to be stretched to achieve
frequency fold back.
Operation Principle
SY6924 works as a synchronous Buck mode battery
charger when the adapter is present. It utilizes 500
kHz switching frequency to minimize the PCB design.
The charger will operate in battery short mode,
trickle charge mode, constant current charge mode
and constant voltage charge mode according to the
battery voltage. The charge current in every mode is
showed in following charge curve. In constant
voltage mode, if charge current is lower than
termination current, the charger will stop charging
until battery voltage drops to recharge voltage.
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4.2/8.4V
Battery
Voltage
2.8/5.6V
2V
t
ICC
2.5A
Charge
Current
ICC/10
≈50mA
t
BAT short
Trickle charge
Constant current charge
Constant voltage charge
Basic Adaptive Input Power Limit Principle
SY6924 can limit the input power adaptively and
adjust this threshold according the input voltage. It
will automatically decrease charge current when IN
voltage drops to adaptive input power limit reference
VREF.
For typical 5V adapter, VREF is set by VSEN pin, that
is calculated as:
VREF =1.19 ×
R UP +R DN
R DN
If IN voltage is higher than 6V, VREF is calculated as:
VREF =VIN -∆VAICL
Where, ∆ VAICL is 0.6V typically.
VIN is the input voltage when adapter insert. VREF can
be modified after a more than 100ms low pulse on
NTC pin if the adapter is always present.
When NTC is pulled low, the charge current is set to
the trickle value; battery thermal protection and
adaptive input power limit function are disabled.
Full Charger Protections Description
In charge mode, SY6924 has full protection to protect
the IC and the battery.
Input Over Voltage Protection – SY6924 has IN
over voltage protection. It will turn off switching
charger when input OVP occurs. IC will auto recover
normal operation when fault removes.
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BAT Over Voltage Protection – SY6924 will stop
charging when BAT OVP occurs. The IC will auto
recover normal operation when fault removes.
Timeout Protection – The charger can detect a bad
battery. It will stop charge and latch off when the
charger works over safety time which is set by CTIM.
Only recycling the input can release this fault.
1.
2.
3.
4.
R2=
5.
Battery Thermal Protection – When NTC voltage
is lower than OTP threshold and higher than 0.4V or
higher than UTP threshold, the converter will stop
switching. IC will auto recovery when fault removes.
Thermal Shutdown Protection – The IC will stop
operation when the junction temperature is higher
than 160°C. It will auto recover normal when fault
removes.
Applications Information
Define KUT, KUT =74~76%
Define KOT, KOT =44~46%
Assume the resistance of the battery NTC
thermistor is RUT at UTP threshold and ROT at
OTP threshold.
Calculate R2,
KOT(1-KUT)RUT-KUT(1-KOT)ROT
KUT-KOT
Calculate R1
R1=(1/KOT-1)(R2+ROT)
If choose the typical values KUT =75% and KOT=45%,
then
R2=0.375RUT-1.375ROT
R1=1.222(R2+ROT)
SY6924 accepts flexible NTC divider circuits. For
below method, R1 and R2 can be calculated by below
equations.
Because of the high integration of SY6924, the
application circuit based on this regulator IC is rather
simple. Only input capacitor CBD, output capacitor
COUT, inductor L, NTC resistors R1, R2, charging
current sense resistor Rs and timer capacitor CTIM
need to be selected for the targeted applications
specifications.
NTC Resistor:
SY6924 monitors battery temperature by measuring
the input voltage and NTC voltage. The controller
triggers the UTP or OTP when the ratio K (K=
VNTC/VIN) reaches the threshold of UTP (KUT) or
OTP (KOT). The temperature sensing network is
showed as below.
Choose R1 and R2 to program the proper UTP and
OTP points.
R2=
ROT × RUT × (KUT-KOT)
KOT × KUT × (ROT-RUT)+RUT × KOT-ROT × KUT
R1=
R2 × RUT × (1-KUT)
KUT × (R2+RUT)
If choose the typical values KUT =75% and KOT=45%,
then
0.3RUT × ROT
0.1125 × RUT-0.4125 × ROT
R2 × RUT
R1=
3(RUT+R2)
R2=
Charging Current Sense Resistor Rs
The charging current sense resistor RS is calculated as
below:
RS =
The calculation steps are:
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,
ICC
Unit: mΩ
Where the ICC is the battery constant charging current,
unit: A.
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Timer Capacitor CTIM
The charger also provides a programmable charging
timer. The charging time is programmed by the
capacitor connected between the TIM pin and GND.
The capacitance is given by the formula:
Unit: F
CTIM=2×10-11 S×TCC,
TCC is the permitted fast charging time, unit: s.
Input Capacitor CBD
The ripple current through input capacitor is greater
than
ICBD _MIN = ICC D(1 − D)
To minimize the potential noise problem, place a
typical X7R or a better grade ceramic capacitor really
close to the BD and GND pins. Care should be taken
to minimize the loop area formed by CBD, and
BD/GND pins.
Output Capacitor COUT
The output capacitor is selected to handle the output
ripple noise requirements. Both steady state ripple
and transient requirements must be taken into
consideration when selecting this capacitor. For the
best performance, it is recommended to use X7R or
better grade ceramic capacitor with 10µF capacitance.
Output Inductor L
There are several considerations in choosing this
inductor.
1) Choose the inductance to provide the desired
ripple current. It is suggested to choose the ripple
current to be about 40% of the average charge
current. The inductance is calculated as:
VOUT × (1-VOUT/VIN,MAX)
L=
FSW × IOUT,MAX × 40%
Where FSW is the switching frequency and IOUT,MAX is
the maximum load current.
SY6924 is quite tolerant of different ripple current
amplitude. Consequently, the final choice of
inductance can be slightly off the calculation value
without significantly impacting the performance.
2) The saturation current rating of the inductor must
be selected to be greater than the peak inductor
current under full load conditions.
VOUT × (1-VOUT/VIN,MAX)
ISAT,MIN>IOUT,MAX+
2 × FSW × L
3) The DCR of the inductor and the core loss at the
switching frequency must be low enough to
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achieve the desired efficiency requirement. It is
desirable to choose an inductor with
DCR