1 Features

• Single-Cell Li-Ion Battery Fuel Gauge
  • Resides on System Board
  • Supports Embedded or Removable Batteries
  • Powered Directly from Battery with Integrated LDO
• Easy To Configure Fuel Gauging Based on the Dynamic Voltage Correlation Algorithm
  • Reports Remaining Capacity and State of Charge (SOC) with Smoothing Filter
  • Automatically Adjusts for Self-Discharge, Temperature, and Rate Changes
• Microcontroller Peripheral Supports:
  • 400-kHz I²C Serial Interface
  • Configurable SOC Interrupt or
    Battery Low Digital Output Warning
  • Internal Temperature Sensor or
    Host Reported Temperature
• Support 4.2-V, 4.3-V, and 4.35-V Chemistries
• 9-pin 1.62 × 1.58 mm, 0.5 mm pitch YZF package

2 Applications

• Smartphones, Feature Phones, and Tablets
• Digital Still and Video Cameras
• Handheld Terminals
• MP3 or Multimedia Players

3 Description

The Texas Instruments bq27621-G1 is a minimally configured microcontroller peripheral that provides system-side fuel gauging for single-cell Li-Ion batteries. The device requires very little user configuration and system microcontroller firmware development.

The bq27621-G1 uses the Dynamic Voltage Correlation algorithm for fuel gauging. This process eliminates the need for a sense resistor when calculating remaining battery capacity (mAh), state-of-charge (%), battery voltage (mV), and temperature (°C).

Battery fuel gauging with the bq27621-G1 requires connections only to PACK+ (P+) and PACK– (P–) for a removable battery pack or embedded battery circuit. The tiny 9-pin, 1.62 mm × 1.58 mm, 0.5 mm pitch YZF package is ideal for space-constrained applications.

1. For all available packages, see the orderable addendum at the end of the datasheet.

Simplified Schematic