PLEASE NOTE: The SMB118 has entered End-of-Life.
SMB118/218
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
BATTERY MONITORING
The battery voltage is monitored for two user-
programmable UV settings via the VBATT pin. In
addition, the battery charging input, DOCK_DC, is
provided to monitor for the presence of a battery
charging docking station, or AC wall adaptor.
Monitoring is accomplished by a comparator-based
approach, in which a programmable voltage reference
is compared against the monitored signal. Each
channel possesses a dedicated reference voltage
generated by a programmable level shifting digital to
analog converter.
The SMB118 and SMB218 contain three user
programmable voltage-monitoring levels, each of which
triggers a corresponding status pin when exceeded.
Battery voltage, like all monitored voltages, is
compared against a user programmable voltage set
internally by a digital to analog converter.
The DOCK_DC pin is a power input pin that can be
used to power the SMB118 and SMB218, and also to
indicate the presence, and level, of a supplemental
input like that supplied by a docking station or AC wall
adaptor. It has a user programmable threshold from
3.4-4.8 volts at 200mV increments. When the user
programmable voltage level for this pin is exceeded,
continuously, for a de-bounced period in excess of 100
ms the DC_IN pin will be asserted.
When asserted, the POWER_FAIL pin is latched and
will not be released as long as the voltage on the
battery is below the POWER_FAIL level. Once the
voltage on the battery has risen above the
POWER_FAIL level one of three conditions may clear
the latch and allow the POWER_FAIL pin to be
released: if the nBATT_FAULT output pin is asserted
and released, if the DC_IN output pin is asserted, and
finally if an I2C POWER FAIL CLEAR command is
issued. Once one of these conditions has been met, the
POWER_FAIL pin will be released after a power-fail
timeout period (tPFTO) of 3.0-4.5ms. The POWER_FAIL
level is user programmable from 2.55-3.6V in 150 mV
increments.
When the voltage at the VBATT pin falls below the
second user programmable level (available for SMB118
only), the active low nBATT_FAULT pin will be
asserted. This pin is not latched and is used to indicate
the impending loss of power to the SMB118. After the
nBATT_FAULT pin has been asserted, a battery fault
timeout period (tBFTO) of 3.0-4.5ms must pass in which
the battery voltage exceeds the nBATT_FAULT
threshold before it will be released. The nBATT_FAULT
threshold is user programmable from 2.55-3.6.0V at
150 mV increments.
Normally Dock DC, Power fail, and battery fault
thresholds are set in descending order respectively.
Upon assertion of either the nBATT_FAULT or
POWER_FAIL pin the SMB118 and SMB218 can be
programmed to respond in one of three ways, they may
perform: a power-off operation, a force-shutdown
operation, or take no action. When programmed to
perform a power-off or force-shutdown operation the
devices can optionally be programmed to latch the
outputs off until the power on pin is toggled or an I2C
power-on command is issued.
LDO STANDBY VOLTAGE
The LDO has a programmable output voltage from 1.5V
to 3.75V. It is capable of supplying up to 75mA (typical)
and has UV and OV monitoring levels with
corresponding fault responses. The channel 2 LDO can
be sequenced on in any of the six sequence positions,
and can be enabled and disabled at any time.
OUTPUT VOLTAGE
The PWM output voltages are set by a resistive voltage
divider from the output to the COMPA or FB node; see
Figure 4. For the Buck channels (Ch[6:4]), the voltage
divider is internal to the part and programmable. The
resistive divider may be set by adjusting a 100kΩ
resistor string with 8 taps from R1 = 20-90kΩ. For the
Boost output (Ch[1]), the resistive divider is external
and any appropriate value of R1 an R2 can be chosen.
The reference voltage that sets the output is user
programmable, and may be set anywhere from 0-1.000
volt at 4mV increments.
BATTERY CHARGER
The SMB118 and SMB218 are equipped with a fully
programmable lithium ion battery charger. The
programmable feature set includes fast and pre-charge
option, each with a programmable charge current level,
a charge termination timeout period, an over and under
temperature limit, multiple allowable recharge events,
fault logging that can be accessed via the I2C interface
and a general purpose output used to indicate the
current status of the battery.
Summit Microelectronics, Inc
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