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LM3647 REFERENCE DESIGN DEMO-BOARD

The demo-board provides a combined multi-chemistry
solution with hardware for both external constant current
source and LM3647 controlled charge current. Located near
the top-left corner of the board is the power supply connector
(next to the heatsink). When using the external constant
current source, a power resistor needs to be connected at
the connector marked 317-resistor. The values of the resistor
can be calculated using the equation 4 mentioned earlier.

At the bottom-right corner of the board are two connectors
that lead to the battery and discharge resistor. The value of
the discharge resistor depends on the battery pack voltage
and the maximum discharge rate. The demo-board has
different jumpers that are assigned to different setups. Some
of the components are not populated, providing support for
user-specific values.

The timeout jumper J18 is used to select different timeouts
from 2.4C to 0.4C. The values mounted on the demo-board
result in timeouts corresponding to the charge-rates shown
below:

The PWM jumper J7 is used to connect the PWM-signal to
either the external constant current source (marked slow) or
the RC-filter that is connected to the operational amplifier
(marked fast).

The PWM-FB jumper J14 is used to select different
amplification levels of the PWM signal. The jumper with the
battery voltage ranges are shown below:

The I jumper J10 is used to select between different current
sense resistors. The values mounted are 0.047

and

0.100

.

The different current sense voltage amplification level is
selected via CURRENT jumpers J9 and J13 (both jumpers
must be changed in pairs, see figure below).

The upper values correspond to a current sense resistor of
0.047

while the lower correspond to 0.100

(see previous

figure).

The battery voltage is selected with the Voltage jumpers J11
and J12 (see below for settings).

The jumper J3 is used to connect to an optional
NTC-resistor. If no temperature sensor is used, the jumper
J8 must be shorted. The Demo-board was designed for an
NTC thermistor from Siemens (B57861S302F40) with the
following specifications: 3k

@

25˚C,

β

= 3988. If an NTC

with different characteristics is used, then the resistor R28
may need to be changed. The charger uses voltage levels to
trigger under/over temperature conditions. The voltage at the
temperature-input must be between 2.2V or 0.5V for the
charger to start. During charging the voltage must stay
between 3.0V for Li-Ion, or 3.15V for Ni-Cd/Ni-MH, and 0.5V
or the charger will register a temperature fault and abort the
charge.

The three jumpers J2, J5 and J6 are connected to the three
selection-pins SEL1, SEL2 and SEL3. These jumpers are
used to select how the charger should behave (see Charger
Modes table).

AN101315-10

AN101315-11

AN101315-12

AN101315-13

AN101315-14

AN101315-15

AN101315-16

AN-1

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Summary of Contents for LM3647

Page 1: ...N INFORMATION The following documentation describes how to use the LM3647 demo board and also gives a few tips on design calculations Please note that not all components on the demo board are used when designing a charger application The demo board has extra components to make it simple for the user to try out different batteries and configurations There are actually two different charge current r...

Page 2: ...in range to start charging If it is then it applies a small current of 0 2C for approximately 5 minutes If the battery voltage exceeds the maximum battery voltage CEL pin 3 017V the LM3647 stops charging and stays in error mode until the battery is removed If the battery voltage has not risen above the bad battery threshold CEL pin 1 2V then the battery is considered to be defective and the charge...

Page 3: ...output and have a high PSRR PowerSup plyRejectionRatio because they are both powered directly from the unregulated DC input U1 must also have enough current drive to control the transistor Q3 U2 should preferably have a low input offset since this error will be amplified The regulator IC2 criteria is that it has to be able to handle the input DC voltage and deliver enough current to drive the circ...

Page 4: ...operational amplifier and fed to the CS pin on the LM3647 The gain must be dimensioned by setting the appropriate ratio between R1 R2 and R3 R4 The figure below is dimensioned for a maximum current of about 1 1A This was dimensioned using the following formula 1 2 2 5 Setting Maximum Battery Voltage The resistor network see the figure below scales the battery voltage to a suitable level for the LM...

Page 5: ...EL3 can also be used if there is problem in finding the right values in the resistor network The recommended tolerance of the resistors are 0 1 but 1 may be used with a marginal loss of battery capacity by subtracting the tolerance of the divider network from the maximum battery voltage Using the LM3647 without current feedback for Ni Cd Ni MH only slow PWM mode This mode uses an external constant...

Page 6: ...1 1 Ni Cd Ni MH Set To SEL1 SEL2 SEL3 VCC No Discharge before Charge Ni MH Fast PWM LM3647 has current feedback Hi Z Discharge before Charge NA NA GND Maintenance Charge Only Ni Cd Slow PWM external current control AN101315 8 AN 1164 www national com 6 ...

Page 7: ...f battery voltage drops below a predefined value the charger restarts the charge process NA 4 1V Cell Note When a three chemistry charger is designed special considerations must be taken into account regarding configuration pin SEL3 this pin has differnet meanings when switching between Ni Cd Ni MH and Li Ion To ensure correct operation the SEL3 pin MUST be tied to VCC If Li Ion cells of 4 1V Cell...

Page 8: ...gnal The jumper with the battery voltage ranges are shown below The I jumper J10 is used to select between different current sense resistors The values mounted are 0 047Ω and 0 100Ω The different current sense voltage amplification level is selected via CURRENT jumpers J9 and J13 both jumpers must be changed in pairs see figure below The upper values correspond to a current sense resistor of 0 047...

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