SLM6800

Two-Cell Boost Mode Li-Ion Battery Charger

___________________Description ____________________Features
The SLM6800 is a two-cell Li-Ion battery  Up to 20V Input Voltage Protection
synchronous boost current circuit for a 5V  Fully Integrated Power MOSFET
adapter. It is a fully integrated power MOS device  Up to 92% Output Efficiency
and a synchronous boost converter with a  Maximum 1.5A Adjustable Output Current
750KHz switching frequency, so it has a charging  Input Current Automatic Identification,
efficiency of over 92% and a maximum charging Adapter Adaptation
current of 1.5A.  Chip High Temperature Automatic Current
The SLM6800 includes a complete charge Limiting and Over Temperature Shutdown
termination circuit, automatic recharge, and a Protection
preset charge voltage of 8.4V with an accuracy of  No External Power MOS
±1%. It integrates output short-circuit protection,  Accuracy of 8.4V±1% Charging Voltage
chip and battery temperature protection.  Charging Status Dual Lamp Indication, No
The SLM6800 adapts the current supply Battery or Fault Status Indication
capability of the adapter to ensure that the input  Double Cell 5.6V Trickle Charge Voltage
adapter is not overloaded, making it suitable for a Switching
wide range of DC devices as well as standard  Integrated Under-voltage and
USB charging devices. Over-voltage Protection
The SLM6800 integrates a 20V power  Battery Temperature Monitoring
MOSFET. It can withstand voltages up to 20V and  Output Short Circuit Protection
integrates under-voltage and over-voltage  Small QFN4x4-16L Package
protection for high reliability without the need for
additional surge or over-voltage protection. _________________Applications
The SLM6800 is available in a small form  Mobile Phone
factor QFN4x4-16L package that saves PCB  Tablet PC
area.  Bluetooth Speaker
 Digital Camera
_____ Absolute Maximum Ratings  Mobile Power
 Input Supply Voltage (VIN): -0.3V~22V  GPS
 BAT: -0.3V~22V  Portable Devices, Various Chargers
 TM: -0.3V~7V
 Others: -0.3V~VIN+0.3V
 BAT Short Circuit Duration: Continuous
 Maximum junction temperature: 145℃
 Operating Temperature Range: -40℃~85℃
 Storage Temperature Range: -65℃~125℃
 Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec): 260℃

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__________________________________________Complete Charge Cycle

Figure 1

_____________________________________________Typical Application

Figure 2

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_______________________________________________Pin Configuration

Figure 3

_________________________________________________Pin Assignment
NTC(Pin1): Battery temperature monitoring, when the voltage is in the range of 30% to 75% of VIN, the
chip is normally charged.

VIN(Pin2): The power input terminal is internally integrated with under-voltage and over-voltage
protection.

BST(Pin3): Bootstrap, a 0.1uF capacitor is connected between the pin and the LX pin to provide drive
capability to the internal power MOS.
PGND(Pin4): Power ground.
LX(Pin5, 6): Switch terminal, external connection inductor.
VSYS(Pin7, 8): At the boost output, connect at least one 10uF capacitor to ground.
BAT(Pin9): Battery terminal, connected to the battery positive.
ILIM(Pin10): Input VIN current limit terminal, there are three states of high, ground, and floating, which
can be set to allow the maximum decrease of VIN voltage drop.
ISET(Pin11): Charging current setting, the setting formula is IBAT = (1.0V / RISET) * 5000(A).
TM(Pin12): Charging time limit setting pin.
NCHRG(Pin13): The charging indicating end indicates the charging state through the light emitting
diode, the light is on when charging, the light is off when the battery is full, and the frequency is blinking at
about 1 Hz when the charging is abnormal.

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NSTDBY(Pin14): The indicator is fully charged, and the state of fullness is indicated by a light-emitting
diode. When the battery is full, the light is on, and other status lights are off.
SGND(Pin15): Signal ground.
EN(Pin16): Enable pin, high active.

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_________________________________________Electrical Characteristics
(Unless otherwise specified, VIN = 5V5%, TA = 25℃, VBAT = 7.6V, RISET = 5.1KΩ, EN is high)

Symbol Parameter Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit

VIN Input supply voltage 3.0 5.0 20 V
Under-voltage
VUVLO VIN rising 2.6 2.9 V
protection voltage
Under-voltage
VUVLO_HYS 100 mV
protection hysteresis
Over-voltage protection
VOVP VIN rising 5.9 6.3 V
voltage
Over-voltage protection
VOVP_HYS 350 mV
hysteresis
Standby mode (charge
0.5 1.0 mA
ICC Input supply current termination)
Stop mode (EN is low) 0.1 5 uA
Regulated output
VFLOAT 8.32 8.4 8.48 V
voltage
RISET=5.1KΩ, Charging mode 0.9 1.0 1.1 A
RISET=3.6KΩ, Charging mode 1.35 1.5 1.65 A
Standby mode (charge
230 uA
IBAT BAT pin current termination), VBAT=8.4V
VIN is not connected or
shutdown mode (EN is low), 2.3 5 uA
VBAT=8.4V
Trickle charge
VTRIKL VBAT rising 5.6 V
threshold voltage
Trickle charging
VTRHYS 340 mV
hysteresis voltage
Short circuit protection
VSHORT 2.0 V
voltage
VSHORT<VBAT<VTRIKL,
ITRIKL Trickle charging current 200 mA
Charging mode
Short circuit protection
ISHORT VBAT<VTRIKL 160 mA
current
Charge termination
ITERM 60 100 150 mA
current threshold

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Recharge battery
ΔVRECHRG 120 225 350 mV
threshold voltage
VBAT≤5.6V 5.6 6.0 6.3 V
VSYS terminal voltage
VSYS VBAT
range 5.6V<VBAT≤8.4V V
+0.1

fOSC 750 KHz

On-off level
ILIM is low 375 mV
Input voltage drop
VINSL ILIM is high 500 mV
protection
ILIM is suspended 650 mV
Low-side drive MOS
RLON 110 mΩ
on-resistance
High-side drive MOS
RHON 100 mΩ
on-resistance
Block MOS on
RBON 70 mΩ
resistance
Trickle charging
TTRIKL CTM=330nF 0.5 hr
maximum time
Constant current
TCC charging maximum CTM=330nF 4.5 hr
time
Charge termination
TTERM 30 ms
detection delay
Recharge detection
TRCHG 30 ms
delay
NCHRG output low
VNCHRG INSTDBY=5mA 0.2 0.5 V
level
NSTDBY output low
VNSTDBY INSTDBY=5mA 0.2 0.5 V
level
NTC high threshold
VNTC-H 70 75 80 %VIN
voltage
NTC low threshold
VNTC-L 28 30 32 %VIN
voltage
VEN_H EN input high level 1.3 V
VEN_L EN input low level 0.4 V
Thermal regulation
TLIM 125 ℃
threshold

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Thermal shutdown
TSD 150 ℃
temperature hysteresis

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_____________________Principle When the battery status is normal and the

The SLM6800 is a dual-cell Li-Ion battery input voltage is between VUVLO and VOVP, the
charging circuit for 5V adapters. It is a SLM6800 starts charging the battery and the
synchronous boost converter with a 750KHz NCHRG pin outputs a low level, indicating that
switching frequency, fully integrated power charging is in progress. If the battery voltage is
MOSFET, for turbulent, constant current and lower than VTRIKL, the charger will trickle
constant voltage charging of series two-cell precharge the battery with a small current. When
batteries. The charging current can be the voltage is higher than VTRIKL, it will be
programmed with an external resistor. The converted to fast charge. The charge current
maximum continuous charging current can reach value can be set by the resistor RISET. When
1.5A. No other power MOSFET or Schottky diode the battery voltage approaches VFLOAT, the
is needed. The peripheral components are charging current will gradually decrease and the
simple, with charging efficiency of up to 92%. SLM6800 enters the constant voltage mode.
small. When the charging current decreases to the
The SLM6800 has an adaptive adapter charging end threshold ITERM, the charging cycle
matching function. When it detects that the input ends, the NCHRG terminal outputs a high
voltage is pulled down to a certain value, the chip impedance state, and the NSTDBY terminal
will enter the adaptive protection state. At this outputs a low level.
time, the charging current will decrease, and the When the battery voltage drops below the
output voltage will remain above the set recharge threshold, the SLM6800 automatically
allowable value, protect the adapter output. begins a new charge cycle. The high-precision
The SLM6800 contains two open-drain voltage reference source inside the chip, the
status indicators, a charge status indicator error amplifier and the resistor divider network
NCHRG and a fully charged status indicator ensure that the accuracy of the battery-side
NSTDBY. The internal power management modulation voltage is within 1%, which satisfies
circuit automatically reduces the charging current the requirements for accurate charging of
when the junction temperature exceeds 125 °C. lithium-ion batteries and lithium polymer
This function allows the user to maximize the batteries.
chip processing capability without worrying about
chip overheating and damage the chip or
damage external components.
The SLM6800 has a battery detection
function. When the battery is not connected or
the battery is short-circuited, the chip will enter
the standby state. At this time, the charging does
not work and the NCHRG indicator will flash.

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________Charging Current Setting The SLM6800 continuously monitors the

The battery charging currents ITRIKL and IBAT BAT pin voltage while the battery is fully
are determined by the resistor RISET connected charged and in standby mode. If the pin
to the ISET terminal. The ISET terminal internally voltage drops below the recharge threshold of
presets a 1.0V reference voltage and has a VFLOAT by ΔVRECHRG and continues TRCHG,
1/5000 mirror relationship with the IBAT current. another charge cycle begins and supplies
Therefore, the charging current can be set by the current to the battery again.
following formula:
1 .0 ______Maximum Charging Time
IBAT   5000
RISET Setting
The ITRIKL current is about 1/5 of the IBAT, A timing function is integrated inside the
ie： chip, and the maximum charging time can be
ITRIKL  IBAT  0.2 set by the capacitor CTM connected to the TM
The value of the full cutoff current ITERM is terminal. The maximum charging time for fast
about 1/10 of the IBAT. charging can be calculated as follows:
CTM (nF )
TCC (hr ) 
____________Charge Termination 73
When the charging current drops to about The maximum charging time for trickle
ITERM after reaching the final full voltage, the charging is about 1/9 of TCC.
charging cycle is terminated. When the charging time reaches the set
The chip contains a charging voltage and maximum charging time and the battery is not
current monitoring module. When the charging fully charged, the chip will stop charging and
voltage reaches VFLOAT and the charging current switch to the abnormal indication state. At this
is lower than ITERM and lasts for TTERM, the time, the NCHRG indicator will flash and the
SLM6800 terminates the charging cycle. In this NSTDBY indicator will turn off.
state, all loads on the BAT pin must be The Grounding the TM pin directly turns off
battery is used to supply power. the internal timing function of the chip. At this
However, if the protective charging current is time, the charging time will not be limited.
reduced due to over-temperature or the input
voltage is low to VINSL, the internal charge
termination module will be disabled to prevent the
battery from being properly charged due to
temporary protective measures of the chip.

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____Adapter Adaptive Protection When the battery is not connected, and the
The SLM6800 has an adapter self-adaptive NTC voltage is normal, the green indicator light is
function. When it is connected to VIN, the chip will always on, the red indicator light is blinking, the
first self-test and record the value of VIN. When blinking frequency is related to the BAT terminal
the self-test is completed, it will enter the boost capacitance, and the flashing frequency is about
charging state. At this time, the VIN value may be 1~4Hz under the 10uF capacitor.
due to the adapter. The load capacity limit or the When the battery is not connected, and the
internal resistance loss of the wire is reduced. The NTC is connected high, the green light is on and
chip compares the value of VIN with the the red light is off. At this time, the chip works in a
previously recorded value in real time during the pure boost state, and can be used as a DC-DC
whole work. When the voltage is found to boost chip, and the output voltage is VFLOAT.
decrease VINSL, the charging current is The corresponding status of the indicator
automatically reduced to ensure VIN. The value status can be found in the following table:
does not drop above the VINSL value, which
Red Light Green Light
ensures that the adapter is not overloaded, so the
Charging Status NCHRG NSTDBY
SLM6800 is suitable for a wide range of DC
Charging Light Dark
devices as well as standard USB charging
Charging done Dark Light
devices.
VIN over-voltage, 1Hz flicker Dark
battery short
______Charging Status Indication
circuit or NTC
The SLM6800 has two open-drain status
abnormality
indication outputs, NCHRG and NSTDBY, which
The battery is not 1~4Hz Light
can be connected to red and green LEDs
connected and flicker
respectively. When the charger is in the charging
the NTC is
state, the red indicator light is on and the green
normal.
indicator is off; when the charger is in the full
The battery is not Dark Light
state, the red indicator light is off and the green
connected and
indicator light is on.
the NTC is
When the input VIN is over voltage, the
connected high
battery is shorted or the NTC voltage is detected
Other state Dark Dark
to be too high or too low, or the charging timeout
occurs, the green indicator light is off and the red
indicator light flashes at 1 Hz.

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________Chip Over Temperature The values of R1 and R2 in Figure 2 are

Protection determined according to the temperature
If the die temperature rises above the preset
monitoring range of the battery and the
value of TLIM, an internal thermal feedback loop
resistance value of the thermistor.
will reduce the charge current until the chip above
Assume that the set temperature range is
TSD is completely turned off. This feature
VL~VH, the negative temperature coefficient
prevents the SLM6800 from overheating and
thermistor (NTC) is used in the battery, RTL is
allows the user to increase the power handling
the resistance value at temperature TL, and RTH
capability of a given board within the SLM6800's
is the resistance value at temperature TH, then
allowable range.
RTL >RTH. At temperature TL, the voltage at the
NTC terminal is:
__________Battery Temperature
Monitoring R 2  RTL
VTEMPL  VIN
In order to prevent damage to the battery R1  R 2  RTL
caused by excessive or too low temperature, the At temperature TH, the voltage at the NTC

SLM6800 integrates a battery temperature terminal is:

monitoring circuit. R 2  RTH

VTEMPH  VIN
Battery temperature monitoring is achieved R1  R 2  RTH
by measuring the voltage of the NTC pin. The By VTEMPL=VHIGH=K2×VIN (K2=VNTC_H)

voltage of the NTC pin is implemented by the VTEMPH=VLOW=K1×VIN (K1=VNTC_L)

NTC thermistor in the battery and a resistor Available：

divider network, as shown in Figure 2. K 2 (1  K 1 )RTH  K 1 (1  K 2 )RTL

R2 
The SLM6800 compares the voltage at the K1  K 2
NTC pin to the two thresholds VNTC_L and VNTC_H 1
R1  ( 1 )  (R 2  RTL )
inside the chip to verify that the battery K2
temperature is outside the normal range. If the It can be seen from the above derivation

voltage of the NTC pin is VNTC<VNTC_L or that the temperature unit to be set is

VNTC>VNTC_H, it means that the temperature of independent of the power supply voltage VIN,

the battery is too high or too low, and the and is only related to R1, R2, RTH, and RTL. RTH

charging process will be suspended. and RTL can be known by consulting the

If NTC is connected to VIN, the chip is in a relevant battery manual.

pure boost state, the chip is equivalent to a In practical applications, if you only care

switching power supply, and the output voltage is about the temperature characteristics of one

VFLOAT. end, such as overheat protection, you can only

If the NTC is grounded, the chip stops connect R1.

charging.

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___________Input Under-voltage, ______Batteryless Boost Mode

Over-voltage Protection The SLM6800 can be set to operate in a
The SLM6800 integrates a high-voltage battery-free boost mode. When VIN is in the
MOSFET integrated to withstand a maximum operating voltage range and the NTC voltage is
input voltage of 20V, and an integrated input connected to VIN, the SLM6800 can be used
monitoring circuit internally monitors the input as a DC-DC boost circuit. In this mode of
voltage for continuous real-time monitoring. The operation, when the BAT load is applied.
SLM6800 will only start and operate normally Normally, the SLM6800 will output a constant
when the VIN voltage is in the appropriate range. VFLOAT voltage with no charge termination and
When the VIN voltage is lower than VUVLO, the is not limited by the maximum charge time.
chip is in under-voltage protection state. When When the BAT load is too heavy, the SLM6800
the VIN voltage is higher than VOVP, the chip is in will output a constant current and the output
over-voltage protection state. In the under-voltage current will be limited to the value set by ISET.
or over-voltage state, the chip will not turn on the In particular, in this mode of operation, the
boost or charge circuit, and During the chip indicator end NCHRG is in a high impedance
process, the input voltage monitoring will be state and NSTDBY is pulled low.
performed in real time. At any time, the VIN
voltage is detected to leave the allowed working ___Input and Output Capacitor
range, and the boosting and charging process is At the VIN, VSYS, BAT, etc., each need to
immediately terminated to protect the chip, have a high-quality power capacitor. It is
battery or other related components from recommended that the capacitance of these
damage. three terminals be no less than 10uF chip
capacitor and be close to the chip, and use a
_____________Automatic Restart larger capacitor, corresponding output ripple is
After a single charge cycle, the SLM6800 smaller and better EMI characteristics. If a
immediately uses a comparator with a 30ms filter battery-free boost mode is to be used, it is
time (TRCHG) to continuously monitor the battery recommended to connect a 100uF electrolytic
voltage on the BAT pin. When the battery voltage capacitor in parallel at the BAT terminal to
drops below VFLOAT by ΔVRECHRG, the boost and improve the stability of the loop operation.
charge cycles resume. To prevent the battery
from being too low due to working discharge.

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______________Inductor Selection The QFN4x4-16L package has a small

The SLM6800 has a switching frequency of
external size. Due to the thermal dissipation of
approximately 750KHz, so it is possible to select
the chip, the layout of the PCB requires special
a power inductor with a lower inductance. The
attention to improve the heat dissipation
choice of inductor must take into account factors
capability and reduce the temperature of the
such as output ripple, maximum current
chip and the PCB. The heat dissipation path for
capability, and efficiency.
dissipating the heat generated by the IC goes
Output ripple is the primary consideration,
from the chip to the lead frame and through the
and a larger inductance corresponds to a lower
heat sink at the bottom to the copper surface of
output ripple. However, a larger inductance often
the PCB. The copper foil of the PCB is used as
means a larger inductor cost, volume, and DC
the main heat sink of the IC, and its area should
resistance, considering the performance
be as wide as possible and extend outward to a
requirements. Is the best choice.
large copper foil area to spread heat to the
In general, a power inductor with an
surrounding environment.
inductance of 0.68uH~3.3uH can meet the
Placing vias on the PCB to the inner or back
application requirements. The current capability
layer also has a significant effect in improving
of the inductor must be more than twice the set
the overall thermal performance of the charger,
charging current, and the DC resistance (DCR) is
see Figure 3. At the position of the SLM6800
as small as possible. It is recommended that
PCB, place a square PAD as the heat sink of the
DCR< 10mΩ.
SLM6800, and place several vias on the PAD as
the heat dissipation holes. When the chip is
___________________PCB Layout soldered, the solder is poured from the back
and Thermal Considerations layer of the PCB, so that the heat sink on the
For main path currents and power to ground
bottom of the SLM6800 is effectively connected
paths, use wide and short lines. The input/output
with the heat sink of the PCB board, thereby
capacitors and electrical induction are placed as
ensuring efficient heat dissipation of the
close as possible to the chip. Use a power ground
SLM6800. The efficient heat dissipation of the
and a different analog ground to reduce the
chip is a prerequisite for ensuring that the chip
effects of ground noise. Place the ground as close
maintains a large charging current for a long
as possible to the chip.
time.

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Figure 4
When designing the PCB layout, other heat
sources on the board that are not related to the
charging IC should also be considered, as their own
temperature will have an effect on the overall
temperature rise and maximum charging current.

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__________________________________________Application Information

Figure 5

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____________________________________________Package Description

QFN4X4-16L Package (Unit: mm)

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