DATASHEET
ISL6255, ISL6255A FN9203
Rev 2.00
May 23, 2006 Highly Integrated Battery Charger with Automatic Power Source Selector for
Notebook Computers
The ISL6255, ISL6255A is a highly integrated battery charger
controller for Li-Ion/Li-Ion polymer batteries. High Efficiency is
achieved by a synchronous buck topology and the use of a
MOSFET, instead of a diode, for selecting power from the
adapter or battery. The low side MOSFET emulates a diode at
light loads to improve the light load efficiency and prevent
system bus boosting.
The constant output voltage can be selected for 2, 3 and 4
series Li-Ion cells with 0.5% accuracy over temperature. It can
also be programmed between 4.2V+5%/cell and 4.2V-5%/cell
to optimize battery capacity. When supplying the load and
battery charger simultaneously, the input current limit for the
AC adapter is programmable to within 3% accuracy to avoid
overloading the AC adapter, and to allow the system to make
efficient use of available adapter power for charging. It also
has a wide range of programmable charging current. The
ISL6255, ISL6255A provides outputs that are used to monitor
the current drawn from the AC adapter, and monitor for the …