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- MUDIT PUROHIT
ROLL NO 51
SECTION A, ECE
Working
The heart of the battery charger circuit is LT1302, which is a step-up DC/DC converter. The
minimum allowable input to LT1302 is 2V. This input is boosted to 5V at an output current of
600mA. We are using a 3V input (using two AA batteries).
LT1302 operates in two modes: Burst mode and current mode. Burst mode operation is for
lighter loads and current mode operation is for heavy loads.
The voltage at pin 4 (which is the output voltage of the circuit that is fed back to pin 4) is
internally compared with a reference voltage of 1.24V by a comparator.
If this feedback voltage is less than the reference voltage, the internal oscillator is turned ON.
The output of this oscillator will alternately turn ON and OFF the transistor.
When Q4 is ON, there is a current built up in the inductor L1. When Q4 is OFF, the current flows
into the output capacitor C3 via the diode.
Because of the faster switching action, the diode used is a Schottky diode. As the output voltage
increases, the voltage at the feedback pin (pin 4) also increases. Once the feedback voltage
exceeds the reference voltage (plus some hysteresis of comparator), the oscillator is turned OFF
by the comparator (as its output falls low).
But in order to make LT1302 work in current mode even at light load, a resistor is connected
between pin 5 and ground (3.3K resistor as shown in the circuit). In current mode (which is the
case here), the comparator stays ON which in turn keeps the oscillator ON.
Now the switch current is limited to 1A by A2, Q2 and Q3 and is regulated by the output of the
error amplifier (A1). The output voltage will be around 4.9V.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
OUTPUTThis input is boosted to 5V at an output current of 600mA. We are using a 3V input (using two
AA batteries).
APPLICATIONSCan be used as a portable phone charger or even other devices that charge on the voltage output near to 5
volts and is handy too.