Battery charger ICs
Improve battery lifetime, runtime, and charge time using TI battery chargers with high power density, low quiescent current, and fast charge current.
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Shrink your design and overall solution size with a broad portfolio of power-dense battery charger ICs that support any input source and any charging topology (buck, buck-boost, boost and linear). Our chargers come with multiple low-power modes to help maximize battery runtime and stand-by time for the maximum charge and a battery that’s instantly ready for use.
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Battery chargers for USB-C
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Battery chargers: Fundamentals
Learn about basic concepts of designing with battery chargers.
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Battery chargers: Pick your application
Select the right charger specific for your application.
Analog Design Journal
A comparison of battery-charger topologies for portable applications
This article provides an overview of battery-charger topologies.
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Automotive
Enable safe, efficient battery charging in automotive applications with our battery charger technology
Medical
Increase power density and overall battery and system protection in medical applications with our battery charger technology
Garden and power tools
Enable safe, efficient battery charging in garden and power tool applications with our battery charger technology
Enable safe, efficient battery charging in automotive applications with our battery charger technology
Benefits:
- Main car battery can be connected directly to battery charger due to wide input voltage range up to 40 V
- Minimize current draw from the main car battery in standby mode with low quiescent input current of 2 μA
- Support different automotive applications using a single, automotive qualified charger with customizable battery chemistries, charge voltage and charge current
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END-EQUIPMENT / SUB-SYSTEM
REFERENCE DESIGNS
- PMP30963 – Backup battery reference design with preboost, charger and 1S Li-ion fuel gauge
PRODUCTS
- BQ25171-Q1 – Automotive, 800-mA linear battery charger for 1- to 2-cell Li-ion, LiFePO4, and 1- to 6-cell NiMH
- BQ25173 – 800-mA linear charger for 1-cell to 4-cell supercapacitor
- BQ25180 – 1-A Li-ion and LiFePO4 I²C programmable linear charger with regulated power path, WCSP package
HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
- BQ25171EVM – BQ25171 evaluation module 800-mA linear battery charger for 1-2-cell Li-ion, LiFePO4, 1-6-cell NiMH
- BQ25173EVM – BQ25173 evaluation module 800-mA linear charger for 1-cell to 4-cell super capacitor
- BQ25180EVM – BQ25180 evaluation module for 1-A, Li-ion I2C-programmable power-path charger
DESIGN TOOLS
Increase power density and overall battery and system protection in medical applications with our battery charger technology
Benefits:
- Provides overall input and output over / under voltage and current protection in safety critical applications
- Supports multi-battery chemistires (Li+, NiMH, Pb, SuperCap) and multi-cell configurations (1 to 6 cells) for many different overall system requirements
- Supports backup functionality for seamless transition in case of main power failure
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PRODUCTS
HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
- BQ24610EVM – Evaluation Module for BQ24610 Multi Cell Synchronous Switch-Mode Battery Charger
- BQ25720EVM – BQ25720 evaluation module SMBus, 1- to 4-cell, 8-A, NVDC buck-boost battery charger controller
- BQ25798EVM – BQ25798 evaluation module I²C controlled, 1- to 4-cell, 5-A buck-boost charger, dual input and MPPT
TECHNICAL RESOURCES
- Autonomous Smart Battery Guide – Application note
DESIGN TOOLS
Enable safe, efficient battery charging in garden and power tool applications with our battery charger technology
Benefits:
- Supports universal charging to utilize entire USB Type-C® / powered devices (PD) voltage / current spectrum (20 V / 5 A) with efficiency greater than 98%
- Provides protection against motor kickback transients with high VBAT tolerance
- Supports multi-cell with linear, buck, boost and buck-boost charging topologies
- Supports standalone as well host-controlled interface to achieve desired charging as well as powering the system
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END-EQUIPMENT / SUB-SYSTEM
REFERENCE DESIGNS
- PMP22805 – 24-VIN, 240-W, 98% efficient, compact 5S battery charger with USB On-The-Go (OTG) reference design
PRODUCTS
HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
- BQ25731EVM – I2C NVDC 1 to 5 cell, 16-A, buck-boost charger controller evaluation module
- BQ25306EVM – Highly integrated standalone 17-V, 1S/2S, 3-A buck battery charger evaluation module
- BQ25170EVM – BQ25170 evaluation module 800-mA linear battery charger for single cell Li-ion, Li-pol and LiFePO4
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