AAT3685
DATA SHEET
Li-Ion/Polymer Battery Charger
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within the operating voltage limits as specified in the
Electrical Characteristics section of this datasheet. This
makes the AAT3685 perfect for applications that only
have one input path, but may access either a line adapt-
er source or a USB port supply.
In order to fully utilize the power capacity from a line
adapter or USB port supply, program the SETH charge
rate according to the highest charging current capacity of
the two possible sources, providing that neither supply
exceeds 1A. A lower charge level may be set with the
SETL charge rate and selection of the higher or lower
charge rate is controlled via the PWRSEL function. If the
programmed charge rate is greater than the current
source capacity, there is little danger of system failure
because the AAT3685 charge reduction loop will activate
to automatically reduce the charging current and maintain
a supply voltage set by the CHR threshold. If the input
supply is incapable of maintaining an input voltage great-
er than the under-voltage lockout level of the AAT3685,
the charge control will suspend charging until the source
supply is capable of supplying the minimum input current
to charge. At this point, the AAT3685 will automatically
resume charging in the appropriate mode based on the
battery cell voltage. In case of an over-temperature con-
dition with a high charge current and large input-to-bat-
tery voltage difference, the device will cycle from charging
to thermal shutdown and re-charge after temperature
drops sufficiently, until the battery is charged to 4.2V.
Enable / Disable
The AAT3685 provides an enable function to control the
charger IC on and off. The enable (EN) pin is an active
high. When pulled to a logic low level, the AAT3685 will
be shut down and forced into the sleep state. Charging
will be halted regardless of the battery voltage or charg-
ing state. When the device is re-enabled, the charge
control circuit will automatically reset and resume charg-
ing functions with the appropriate charging mode based
on the battery charge state and measured cell voltage.
Programming Charge Current
The fast charge constant current charge level for the
ADP/USB input is programmed with set resistors placed
between the SETH and SETL pins and ground. The accu-
racy of the fast charge, as well as the preconditioning
trickle charge current, is dominated by the tolerance of
the set resistors used. For this reason, 1% tolerance
metal film resistors are recommended for programming
the desired constant current level.
The fast charge constant current charge control provides
for two current set levels, SETH and SETL. The PWRSEL
pin is used to select the high or low charge current lev-
els. When the PWRSEL pin is pulled to a voltage level
above the VPWRSEL(H) threshold, the SETH current level will
be selected. Conversely, this pin should be pulled below
the VPWRSEL(L) to enable the SETL charge level. These two
charge levels may be set to any level between 50mA and
1A, depending upon the system design requirements for
a given charge application. Refer to Table 1 and Figure 3
for recommended RSETH and RSETL values.
R
kΩ
IFASTCHARGE (mA)
10
100
1000
10000
1 10 100 1000
USBH
USBL
Figure 3: IFASTCHARGE vs. RSET.
Protection Circuitry
Over-Voltage Protection
An over-voltage event is defined as a condition where
the voltage on the BAT pin exceeds the maximum bat-
tery charge voltage and is set by the over-voltage pro-
tection threshold (VOVP). If an over-voltage condition
occurs, the AAT3685 charge control will shut down the
device until voltage on the BAT pin drops below the over-
voltage protection threshold (VOVP). The AAT3685 will
resume normal charging operation after the over-voltage
condition is removed. During an over-voltage event, the
STAT LEDs will report a system fault; the actual fault
condition may also be read via the DATA pin signal.
Over-Temperature Shutdown
The AAT3685 has a thermal protection control circuit
which will shut down charging functions should the inter-
nal die temperature exceed the preset thermal limit
threshold.
Battery Temperature Fault Monitoring
In the event of a battery over-temperature condition, the
charge control will turn off the internal pass device and
report a battery temperature fault on the DATA pin func-
tion. The STAT LEDs will also display a system fault. After