The BQ25672 is a fully integrated switch-mode buck charger for 1 cell to 4 cell Li-ion battery and Li-polymer battery. For compact design and minimum components count, the charger integrates the switching MOSFETs, input and charging current sensing circuits, the battery FET (BATFET) and all the loop compensation of the buck converter.

The charger supports narrow VDC (NVDC) power path management, in which the system is regulated at a voltage slightly higher than the battery voltage, but not drop below the minimum system voltage. The system keeps operating even when the battery is completely discharged or removed. When load power exceeds the input source rating, the battery gets into supplement mode and prevents the input source from being overloaded and the system from crashing.

The optional dual-input source selector manages the power flowing from two different input sources. The host controls the input source selection through I²C with prioritizing the first available input source.

To support fast charging using adjustable high voltage adapter (HVDCP), the device provides D+/D- handshake. The device is compliant with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 power delivery specification with input current and voltage regulation. In addition, the Input Current Optimizer (ICO) allows the detection of maximum power point of an unknown input source. The BQ25672 also features a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm to optimize the energy drawn from a low-power photovoltaic panel. This MPPT algorithm measures the open-circuit voltage of the panel on a user-configurable period, then adjusts the VINDPM using the VOC_PCT setting to calculate the maximum power point as a percentage of the measured open-circuit voltage.

Besides the I²C host controlled charging mode, BQ25672 also supports autonomous charging mode. After power up, the charging is defaulted enabled with all the registers default settings. The device can complete a charging cycle without any software engagements. It detects battery voltage and charges the battery in different phases: trickle charging, pre-charging, constant current (CC) charging and constant voltage (CV) charging. At the end of the charging cycle, the charger automatically terminates when the charge current is below a pre-set limit (termination current) in the constant voltage phase. When the full battery falls below the recharge threshold, the charger will automatically start another charging cycle.

In the absence of input sources, BQ25672 supports USB On-the-Go (OTG) function, discharging the battery to generate an adjustable, buck-boost, 5V to 12V output voltage on VBUS with 10mV step size.

The charger provides various safety features for battery charging and system operations, including battery temperature negative thermistor (NTC) monitoring, trickle charge, pre-charge and fast charge timers and over-voltage/over-current protections on the battery and the charger power input pin. The thermal regulation reduces charge current when the die temperature exceeds a programmable threshold. The STAT output of the device reports the charging status and any fault conditions. The INT pin immediately notifies host when fault occurs.

The device also provides a 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for monitoring charge current and input/battery/system voltages, the TS pin voltage and the die temperature. It is available in a QFN 4mm x 4mm, 29 pin package.