LTC1760
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
A) Single Battery Configuration.
To limit the LTC1760 to a single battery, modify the battery
slot to be eliminated as follows:
1) Remove both FETs (Q5, Q6 or Q7, Q8) involved in
the discharge path.
2) Remove both FETS (Q3, Q4 or Q9, Q10) involved in
the charge path.
3) Remove the thermistor sensing resistors (R1A, R1B
or R2A, R2B).
4) Short the thermistor sense lines (TH1A, TH1B or
TH2A, TH2B) together at the IC.
5) Remove the diode (D2 or D3).
6) Unless otherwise specified, leave the unused pins
of the LTC1760 floating.
B) No Short-Circuit Protection Configuration.
1) Replace RSC with a short.
C) No LOPWR Protection.
1) Remove resistors R2 and R3 connected to LOPWR
and tie LOPWR to the VCC pin.
D) No DC Path Configuration.
To remove the DC input as part of the power path choices
to support the load:
1) Remove both FETs Q1 and Q2 involved in the DC path.
2) Unless otherwise specified, leave the unused pins
of the LTC1760 floating.
E) No Charge Configuration.
To permanently disable the battery charger function:
1) Remove ALL FETs involved in the charge path (Q3,
Q4, Q9, Q10).
2) Remove switching FETs QTG, QBG, diode D1 and
inductor L1.
3) Remove diodes D2, D3, D4, capacitors C4, COUT and
Resistor R11 and RSENSE.
4) Reduce CIN capacitor to 0.1μF.
5) Remove all components connected to COMP1, VSET,
ITH, ISET, ILIMIT and VLIMIT pins.
6) Short ILIMIT and VLIMIT to GND.
7) Remove R1, C1 but short CLP to DCIN. Replace RCL
with a short/trace connection.
8) Short CSP to CSN but leave the combination floating.
9) Unless otherwise specified, leave the unused pins
of the LTC1760 floating.
F) No DC Path And No Charge Configuration.
To limit the LTC1760 to battery discharge functions only,
merge the previous two configurations with the following:
1) Remove CIN.
2) Remove resistors tied to DCDIV. Ground DCDIV.
PCB Layout Considerations
For maximum efficiency, the switch node rise and fall times
should be minimized. To prevent magnetic and electrical
field radiation and high frequency resonant problems,
proper layout of the components connected to the IC is
essential. (See Figure 11.) Here is a PCB layout priority list
for proper layout. Layout the PCB using this specific order.
1. Input capacitors need to be placed as close as possible
to switching FET’s supply and ground connections. Short-
est copper trace connections possible. These parts must
be on the same layer of copper. Vias must not be used to
make this connection.
SWITCH NODE
L1
VBAT
HIGH
VIN
CIN
FREQUENCY
CIRCULATING
PATH
D1
COUT
BAT
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Figure 11. High-Speed Switching Path
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