ISL6295

Description

The ISL6295 is a cost-effective, highly accurate IC that measures, stores, and reports all of the critical parameters required for rechargeable battery monitoring with a minimum of external components. It precisely measures charge/ discharge current as well as voltage and temperature of a battery pack. In addition, the ISL6295 accurately accumulates both charge and discharge current as independent parameters. Temperature history can also be maintained for calculating self-discharge effects. The ISL6295 integrates a highly accurate 16-bit (15-bit plus sign) integrating A/D converter that performs calibrated current measurement to within 0.5% error. On-chip counters precisely track battery charge/discharge and temperature history. Also included are an on-chip voltage regulation circuit, non-crystal time base, and on-chip temperature sensor. The operating voltage range of the ISL6295 is optimized to allow a direct interface to a single cell Li-Ion/Li-Poly pack. 256 bytes of general-purpose nonvolatile EEPROM storage are provided to store factory programmed, measured, and user defined parameters. Efficient communication is provided through an industry standard SMBus/I2C compatible 2-wire communications interface. This interface allows the host to determine accurate battery status for effective system power management and for communication to the end user. A battery management solution utilizing the ISL6295 delivers both space and total system component cost savings for a wide variety of battery operated applications.