ST3S01LED
I.C. BLOCK DIAGRAM
POSSIBLE OPERATING MODES
Five different operating modes are allowed:
charge, precharge, reverse, charge+reverse and
precharge+reverse. These operating modes can
be achieved by properly selection of the
CMD-REVERSE CMD-PWM and CMD-MODE
(See POSSIBLE OPERATING MODE Table).
PRECHARGE MODE
The PRECHARGE function is composed by a
switch and a 100mA current source which fully
works for VCHARGE higher than 2.5V. When the
CMD-MODE and the CMD-PWM are not leaded
the switch is ON, being the input states held by an
internal pull down resistor. This is used when the
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battery is strongly discharged. In this case VBATT
can be null (battery empty) and all the input pins
are not held by any level (because the
micro-controller is down), except the VCHARGE pin
which is a main supply. The source of current
supplies a constant current into the battery till its
voltage level reaches the required level allowing to
start the micro-controller (typically 3V). The
current direction is from VCHARGE to VBATT. The
reverse leakage current when the swich is ON
must be null; this is obtained thanks to an internal
circuitry that switch OFF the internal P-MOS when
the VBATT is higher than VCHARGE, whatever the
status of the CMD-MODE. The precharge function
is also used to adjust the mean current. When the