To extend battery life and minimize the system power loss when system is powered off during idle, shipping or storage, the device can turn off BATFET and external ship FET to minimize the battery leakage current. The ship mode is enabled when the host sets SDRV_CTRL[1:0] to 10. The I²C is still enabled, but the charger system clock slows down to minimize the device quiescent current.

After the SDRV_CTRL[1:0] is set to 10, the external ship FET is turned off either immediately or after waiting 10 seconds as configured by SDRV_DLY register bit. When VBUS is high because of an adapter being present or OTG mode being enabled, SDRV_CTRL[1:0] automatically resets to 00 if the host writes it to 10.

The following events will cause an exit from ship mode:

• Plug in an adapter
• Set SDRV_CTRL[1:0] = 00
• Set REG_RST = 1, to reset all the registers including SDRV_CTRL bits back to default (00)
• A logic low of t_{SM_EXIT} (typical 1s or 15ms programmed by WKUP_DLY bit) duration on QON pin

The charger exits ship mode by turning on the ship FET and internal BATFET to reconnect the battery to the system and resetting SDRV_CTRL bits to their POR default value (00).