Charging Li-ion Batteries for Maximum Run Times

Focus:

An introduction to the fundamentals of Li-ion battery charging helps designers a suitable linear or switching battery charging topology for the target application. Battery charging designs based on Microchip's charger ICs and PIC MCU are used as examples.

What you’ll learn:

• How to choose a suitable linear or switch-mode Li-ion battery charging solution for your application
• How to tradeoff Li-ion battery charging parameters such as charge time, battery capacity, power dissipation, efficiency, operating temperature range, design size, and cost
• How to select external components required in example battery charger designs

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Author & Publication:

Scott Dearborn, Principal Applications Engineer, Microchip Technology, Chandler, Ariz., Power Electronics Technology, Apr 01 2005

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