Li+ battery charger chip without buck

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The discussion focuses on designing a lithium-ion battery charger for a 4-cell configuration (16.8V) without integrated buck circuitry. The user seeks a charge management chip that operates with a regulated input voltage of 16.8V, potentially requiring a slightly higher input of 17.2V to accommodate voltage drops across external MOSFETs. The conversation references an article that outlines various charge controller chips available in the market, emphasizing the need for a solution that excludes buck control features.

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  • Understanding of lithium-ion battery charging principles
  • Familiarity with charge management ICs
  • Knowledge of MOSFET operation in power circuits
  • Experience with voltage regulation concepts
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  • Research specific charge management ICs that do not include buck circuitry
  • Explore the specifications of the MCP73831 lithium-ion battery charger
  • Investigate the use of external MOSFETs for current and voltage control
  • Learn about the design considerations for regulated power supply inputs in battery chargers
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Electrical engineers, battery management system designers, and hobbyists interested in lithium-ion battery charger design without buck converters.

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I want to design a 4 cell (16.8V) lithium ion battery charger. The normal chips available have built in buck (reall buck or synchronous buck) or at least control circuitry for buck with external mosfets. This is necessary as wall adapter/source input voltage are higher and unregulated.
what I want to say is if I already have regulated 16.8V then I only need a chip that can do charge management and does not include buck circiutry or its control (may be I would need slightly higher input voltage say 17.2V with some milivolts drop on the mosfet, that will be used to control the output current and voltage in current source and voltage source mode etc and control via that chip).

Any idea which chip in the market is available for my solution and does not have that buck circuitry.
 
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http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200210/lithiumion.htm

That article discusses the various types of charge controller chips on the market.
 

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