BATTERY PROTECTION IC FOR 3-SERIAL OR 4-SERIAL CELL PACK
S-8243A/B Series Rev.3.0_00
Seiko Instruments Inc.
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Operation
1. Battery protection circuit
Remark Refer to “ Battery Protection IC Connection Example”.
Battery protection protects batteries from overcharge and overdischarge, and also protects external FETs from
overcurrent.
1. 1 Normal status
When all of the battery voltages are in the range from VDLn to VCUn and the discharge current is lower than a specified
value (the VMP pin voltage is lower than VIOV1), the charging and discharging FETs are turned on.
1. 2 Overcharge status
When any one of the battery voltages becomes higher than VCUn and the state continues for tCU or longer, the COP
pin becomes high impedance and is pulled up to EB+ pin voltage by an external resistor, and the charging FET is
turned off to stop charging. The overcharge status is released when one of the following two conditions holds.
(a) All battery voltages become lower than VCUn + VHCn.
(b) VDD−VMP>VIOV1 (A load is connected, and discharging starts.)
1. 3 Overdischarge status
When any one of the battery voltages becomes low er than VDLn and the state continues for tDL or longer, the DOP pin
voltage becomes VDD level, and the discharging FET is turned off to stop discharging. This is the overdischarge
status.
1. 4 Power down status
After stopping discharging due to overdischarge status, the S-8243 enters power dow n status. In this status, almost
all circuits of the S-8243 are stopped to save current consumption. The current consumption becomes lower than
IPDN. In the power dow n status, the VMP pin is pulled dow n to VSS level by the internal RVSM resistor. In pow er dow n
status, output pin voltages are fixed at the following levels.
(a) COP High-Z (Charging FET is turned off)
(b) DOP VDD (Discharging FET is turned off)
(c) VREG VSS (Voltage regulator circuit is off)
(d) VBATOUT VSS (Battery voltage monitor amp circuit is off)
The power down status is released when the following condition holds.
(a) VMP>VIOV3 (A charger is connected, and charging starts.)
The overdischarging status is released when the following condition holds.
(a) All of the battery voltages are VDLn or higher, and the VMP pin voltage is VDD / 2 or higher. (A charger is
connected.)
1. 5 Overcurrent status
The S-8243 has three overcurrent detection levels (VIOV1, VIOV2 and VIOV3) and three overcurrent detection delay
times (tIOV1, tIOV2 and tIOV3) corresponding to each overcurrent detection levels. When the discharging current
becomes higher than a specified value (the voltage between VDD and VMP is greater than VIOV1) and the state
continues for tIOV1 or longer, the S-8243 enters the overcurrent status in which the DOP pin voltage becomes VDD
level to turn off the discharging FET to stop discharging, the COP pin becomes high impedance and is pulled up to
EB+ pin voltage by an external resistor to turn off the charging FET to stop charging, and the VMP pin is pulled up to
VDD voltage by the internal resistor RVDM. Operation of two other overcurrent detection levels (VIOV2 and V IOV3) and
overcurrent detection delay times (tIOV2 and tIOV3) is the same as that for VIOV1 and tIOV1.
The overcurrent status is released when the following condition holds.
(a) VMP> {VIOV3 / (1−VIOV3) × 3 / 5−2 / 5} × RVDM (A load is released, and the impedance between the EB− and
EB+ pin becomes higher. )