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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedLow-cost, 0.5 percent accurate, SMBus[TM] charger for battery powered portable equipment.(Integrated Circuits)
ECN-Electronic Component News, December, 2004
Maxim Integrated Products has introduced its MAX8713, an accurate, low-cost SMBus[TM] battery charger IC for battery powered portable equipment such as handset car kits and cable-modem batteries. The MAX8713 is a synchronous, step-down charger that drives n-channel MOSFETs to achieve high DC/DC conversion efficiency and low design cost. The device uses the Intel SMBus to control the charge voltage and charge current. It charges one to four lithium-ion (Li ) cells in series, at charge currents >2A. The MAX8713 provides 0.5 percent accurate battery voltage regulation, which increases battery capacity and minimizes charging time. The charge-current regulation accuracy is 5 percent, and the charge-current sense amplifier has low offset error to allow the use of small-value...
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