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1. Some theory
1.1. Introduction
piernovFilter Almost every laptop has a charging circuit of some sort, that does a few
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Manages switching between AC adapter and battery power

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There are 2 different designs to handle switching between AC adapter and

battery power and feeding the system:

Hybrid power boost (HPB) and traditional circuits without power boost
(see Warning in HPB section)
Narrow VDC (NVDC)

Texas instrument has a nice overview of these technologies with some more
details at https://e2e.ti.com/blogs_/archives/b...ing-topologies . The
essential information is summarized below.

There are also 2 different designs to handle battery charging rail generation:

Buck converter
Buck-Boost converter

Almost all laptops without USB-C charging capabilities use a buck

converter. Most of these use HPB, except Apple laptops which always use
NVDC. A bunch of non-Apple ultrabooks use NVDC as well.
Almost all laptops (incl. Apple) with USB-C charging capabilities use NVDC
with a buck-boost converter.
Some netbooks or entry-level laptops (especially ARM platforms and some
Atom platforms) can have a circuit different to what is presented here, using
a PMIC that handles almost every power-related features. Since these aren't
common and highly depend on the board and the ICs used, they are not
covered here.

For MacBooks without USB-C you have some more details on the charger
IC here: https://logi.wiki/index.php/ISL6258_...roubleshooting

1.2. Hybrid power boost design

From https://en-support.renesas.com/knowledgeBase/13886169

Originally posted by Renesas

In a Hybrid Power Boost configuration, the synchronous buck
converter runs as a normal buck converter when the adapter
provides power to the system and is charging the battery. When
the adapter power is not sufficient, the synchronous buck
converter runs in reverse to boost the battery voltage to around
20V. Thus the battery supplements the adapter whenever the
adapter power is not sufficient. This requires no circuit changes
from a traditional adapter.

The change is required in the control circuit (the battery charger

controller). The advantage of this system over a traditional charger
is that the battery is able to assist the adapter during turbo

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work loads. This system has the disadvantage that the light load
efficiency is pretty low as it is difficult to achieve high light load
efficiency at high input voltage.

In this design, the system is fed from the AC adapter, and a MOSFET (we
will call it battery-to-system MOSFET) allows the current to flow from the
battery to the system when on battery only, while prevent current from
flowing directly from the AC adapter to the battery when AC adapter is
plugged in.

Therefore, when on AC adapter, the main power rail voltage will be the
voltage provided by the AC adapter. In general this voltage is between 19V
and 20V. A few machines use 12V or 16V.
When on battery, the main power rail voltage will be the voltage provided by
the battery. This depends on the number of cells in series in the battery and
the state of charge, but it is lower than 19V. (see Battery voltage section)

Warning: Hybrid power boost provides an additional feature where the

battery can provide additional power to the system even when running on AC
adapter. Older designs used the same circuit but the charger IC was not
able to provide this feature. The presence or abscence of this feature is
irrelevant to this article, so the older designs will fall under the hybrid power
boost term as well.

1.3. Narrow VDC design

https://en-support.renesas.com/knowledgeBase/6680047

Originally posted by Renesas

This figure shows the Narrow VDC (NVDC) topology. Here, the
system bus (Vsys) is not connected directly to the adapter. It is
connected to the output of the buck converter. Hence, NVDC
operates only as a buck converter, both when NVDC charges the
battery and when the battery supplements the adapter and provides
power to the system. NVDC implementation reduces the switch-
over period between the charging mode and the hybrid power
mode. NVDC implementation allows the system to minimize the
period of overloading the input power source when CPU is in Turbo
Boost mode.

The advantage of using the NVDC system is that the overall

system efficiency is better compared to the Hybrid Power Boost
(HPB) charger. The system can be designed for a smaller voltage
rating since the system has a lower Vin. The disadvantage is that
the charger components’ size and power dissipation increases.

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In this design, the system is fed directly from the battery charging rail. The
voltage on the main power rail is always close to the voltage on the battery.
(see Battery voltage section)

1.4. Buck converter

This works the same as any single-phase synchronous buck converter.
There's one high-side MOSFET and one low-side MOSFET turning on and
off alternatively to step down the voltage from the input, for example from
19V to 12.6V.

(from bq24715 datasheet)

1.5. Buck-Boost converter

A synchronous 4-switch buck-boost converter uses a first set of high-side
and low-side MOSFETs before the inductor. They can act as a regular buck
converter to step down the voltage coming from the AC adapter. There's a
second set of MOSFETs after the inductor, they are used as a boost
converter to step up the voltage coming from the AC adapter.
That way, the machine can take 5V to 20V from an USB-C charger and still
be able to charge the battery. Of course, with only 5V as the input, the
power will be lower than with 20V, so the battery will charge slower and the
laptop may not turn on without battery or when the battery is discharged.

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(From ISL9238 datasheet)

1.6. Battery voltage

Laptops battery packs are based around lithium cells.
These are either Li-ion cells, round cylinder similar to your alkaline battery
but in a 18650 package, or LiPo cells, flat rectangular cell like in a
smartphone.

Li-ion cells typically have a nominal voltage of 3.6V to 3.7V, LiPo cells
typically have a nominal voltage of 3.7V to 3.85V. It varies depending on the
brand and series of the cell.

The battery voltage and by extension the voltage used to charge the battery
depends directly on how many cells there are in series inside the battery
pack.
Battery packs can be described with a "xSyP" number, where y is the
number of cells in a group connected in parallel, and x is the number of
groups connected in series.
All cells in parallel in a group will have the same voltage across them.
Putting groups in series will sum their voltages.

For example a 3S2P pack with 11.1V nominal voltage contains 6 cells, 3
groups in series of 2 cells in parallel, for a total voltage across the pack of
3x3.7V = 11.1V.
The number of cells put in parallel in a group helps increasing the capacity,
but it doesn't change the voltage. We are interested in the voltage here, so
we will ignore the cells in parallel.

The "nominal voltage" represents the voltage around which the cell is
throughout most of its discharge, it should be what you are able to measure
on the pack when it's charged to around 50%.
When charged fully, the voltage will be higher, when completely discharged,
the voltage will be lower.

Charging voltage will be a bit higher than the fully charged voltage of the
pack. For example, an 11.55V pack (3S of 3.85V nominal) can in general be
charged at 13.1V (4.35V per cell). An 11.1V pack (3S of 3.7V nominal) can
in general be charged at 12.6V (4.2V per cell). A 10.8V pack (3S of 3.6V
nominal) can in general be charged at 12.3V (4.1V per cell).
This of course highly depends on the exact type of cells used, and using a
voltage that's too high for a given cell type can at best damage the cell, at
worst be a safety threat.

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First thing to check if the machine is not powering on is if the main power
rail is present. If it is present, then in general the problem is not in the
charging circuit. You can still check "Shorted DC-in MOSFET" and "Missing
voltage on the charger IC" as they could still be a source of trouble in some
cases.

To be able to check the main power rail, you have to identify if you have an
HPB or an NVDC configuration.

With an HPB configuration you have to check the voltage after the
2nd DC-in MOSFET and after the current sensing resistor for AC
adapter power input. You are supposed to find the AC adapter voltage.

(from Quanta X63 schematics)

With an NVDC configuration, you are supposed to find the battery
voltage (see Battery voltage section):

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If it's a buck converter you have to check the voltage after the
buck converter inductor and after the fuse if it exists.

(from Apple 820-00165 schematics)

If it's a buck-boost converter you have to check the voltage at
the output of the 2nd set of MOSFETs and after the fuse if it
exists.

(from Apple 820-00239 schematics)

If you confirmed your main power rail is missing, there are several
possibilities

2.1.1. Burnt fuse

You found voltage before the fuse (after the buck converter output inductor or
buck-boost 2nd set of MOSFETs), but not after it: fuse is blown. Replace it
and go to the next section "Short to ground on main power rail". Don't apply
power before resolving the short to ground.

2.1.2. Short to ground on main power rail

Most common issue in this case is a short to ground on main power rail
caused by a capacitor, and IC, a MOSFET…
In this case you have to measure *exact* resistance to ground on the main
power rail (same point as previously). If it is lower than several kohms there's
a short to ground.
As indicated in the "Begginer's guidelines: what not to do" section, DO NOT
inject 19V. Check high-side MOSFETs for short, easiest way is to place one
probe on the main power rail and the other probe on each large inductor of
the board. If one is lower than 1 ohm, there's a possibility of high-side
MOSFET short. If not, you can start injecting voltage *at 1V*, and double
check none of the large BGA is warming up. If 1V is not enough, you can
start increasing voltage, after making sure none of the large BGA is warming
up again.
Once you find the bad component, remove it, confirm short to ground is
gone, and replaced it. Don't apply power to the board if the component is

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removed without being sure that it'll not cause any harm.

2.1.3. Shorted DC-in MOSFET

This is the second most common issue. What is troubling for beginners here
is that the MOSFET that is blocking the current is *not* the MOSFET that
has failed.
What happens here is that the MOSFET that shorts is the one with the body
diode in forward (in the illustration below, the 2nd one, note that they can be
exchanged), not the one with the body diode in reverse.
Effectively, the shorted MOSFET will have drain/source/gate connected
together. Both DC-in MOSFET gates are also connected together. And Both
DC-in MOSFET sources are connected together. So with gate/source of DC-
in MOSFET in forward bias shorted, it also causes gate/source of the DC-in
MOSFET in reverse bias to be shorted. This MOSFET is therefore turned off
permanently, not letting the current through.

The other MOSFET could also be shorted, in the case of an HPB topology
the main power rail will be present since current will flow through the shorted
MOSFET and through the body diode of the other MOSFET, but some signal
from the charger IC might be missing causing the platform not to turn on. In
an NVDC topology the main power might be missing.

Simply check resistance between drain/source/gate of both DC-in

MOSFETs to confirm they are not shorted. It should show at least several
kohms.

(from Quanta X63 schematics)

2.1.4. Burnt current sensing lines

The charger IC also monitors the current flowing from the AC adapter, and
from/to the battery to prevent overcurrent conditions. It can happen that the
current sensing circuits get burnt, either the current sensing resistors
themselves or the resistors that connect them to the current sensing
amplifier inputs of the charger IC.
Easiest way is to measure resistance directly across the pins of the current
sensing amplifier inputs of the charger IC. The measured resistance should
be the sum of the current sensing resistors, and the resistors that connect it
to the charger IC. This also accounts for a possible break in the line that
could be caused by liquid damage for example.

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(from Quanta X63 schematics)

2.1.5. Shorted gate on charging rail buck

converter MOSFET
A gate to source on the buck converter MOSFET can cause the internal
LDO output (REGN) to be pulled low, in turn causing the charger IC not to
work.
In this case it is recommended to replace both the MOSFET and the
charger IC at the same time, as either of them can cause the other to fail.

2.1.6. Missing voltage on the charger IC

Charger IC requires several voltages to work.
Exact names depend on the charger IC used, but there is at least:

DCIN/VCC: input voltage from the AC adapter, should be close to AC

adapter voltage
ACIN/ACDET: voltage divider from the AC adapter to detect a correct
voltage range. Exact required voltage depends on the charger IC but it
often needs to be higher than 2.4V or 2.6V
REGN/VDD: internal LDO output in general between 5V and 6V, input
taken from DCIN/VCC.
CMSRC (present only on some charger IC paired with N-channel
MOSFETs): voltage reference/source taken in between the 2 DC-in
MOSFETs to generate N-channel DC-in MOSFET gate drive voltage
(ACDRV). Should be close to AC adapter voltage.

These signals should come up once the previous signals are good and the
previous problems have been excluded:

ACOK: asserts that the input voltage is good. For P-channel DC-in
MOSFETs it often drives their gates directly and is active low. For N-
channel DC-in MOSFETs it should be active high and may be pulled-
up externally to a 3.3V rail.
ACDRV: only present with N-channel MOSFETs, drives their gate,
should be 6V above input voltage so in general around 25V

2.1.7. Damaged passive component

This will be harder to spot, but depending on the circuit a missing/bad
resistor or bad capacitor could be the culprit. Visual inspection is the key
here. This is very rare though, except in case of liquid damage. If there is
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liquid damage, follow the visual hints and look for corroded traces, pads,
pins and probe points as well.
One possible issue would be the gate resistors for the DC-in MOSFET, as
well as the resistor connected to CMSRC pin when it is present, so you can
always check them if you're in doubt.

2.1.8. Dead charger IC

If you excluded all the previous possibilities, the most probable is that the
charger IC itself is dead. Replace it and see if the behaviour changes.

2.2. Battery not charging

First thing is to try another battery. Then try another battery. Finally try
another battery. 99% of battery problems are the battery itself, even "new",
market is filled with garbage batteries. A "new" battery should come charged
at around 50%, at worst between 20% and 80%, and the machine should
turn on from it. Some batteries need to be "kickstarted" by plugging in the
AC adapter for a short while to turn them on.

Some laptops with non-removable battery (newer Acer) have a battery

enable/disable switch. Back cover must be properly assembled otherwise
the battery won't work.

Some of the above points at 2.1 No Power can also apply to battery
charging so you should check them as well (in particular 2.1.3. Shorted DC-
in MOSFET).
Once again it is important to know if you have an NVDC or an HPB topology.
Battery has to be detected to start charging.

2.2.1. AC adapter not detected, wrong AC adapter

Laptops with AC adapter identification circuits such as HP and Dell won't
charge the battery if the AC adapter is not properly recognized or of the
incorrect power rating.
For HP, the laptop must be able to turn on from AC adapter only. For Dell the
AC adapter must be recognized properly in the BIOS setup with the correct
power rating.

2.2.2. Battery not detected

Issue on charging circuit SMBUS.
Check voltage and diode mode to ground on charging circuit SMBUS SDA
and SCL lines

(from Quanta X63 schematics)

2.2.3. Low voltage on battery charging rail

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If it's an NVDC topology, the machine wouldn't turn on with a too low voltage
on the battery charging rail. However with NVDC there is a charging
MOSFET between the buck converter output and the battery power rail that
could be the culprit or its gate resistor.

If it's HPB topology, the battery is in general connected directly to the buck
converter output. A bad or deep discharged battery will pull down the output.
Let the battery charge overnight and see if it recovers, if not, replace the
battery. Without battery, in HPB tology the output of the battery charging rail
will often be low.
DC-in MOSFET or current sensing could be the problem, see "No power
section".

Some charger IC have a "CELL" pin to control the default voltage to apply to
a battery relative to its number of cells in series. Wrong setting can cause
wrong voltage.

2.2.4. High voltage on battery charging rail

It could be a shorted high-side MOSFET on the buck converter for the
battery charging rail.
In the case of HPB toplogy, it can also be a shorted battery-to-system
MOSFET.

(from Quanta X63 schematics)

Some charger IC have a "CELL" pin to control the default voltage to apply to
a battery relative to its number of cells in series. Wrong setting can cause
wrong voltage.

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Thanks for this wealth of information all in one place Piernov, it's very
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Thank you..Very useful tutorial especially for beginners like me...

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Good job @piernov. Well researched post.

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Another ABC dignostic ..nice thread and very helpful..Chapeau bas pierre
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Join Date: Apr 2020 Merci infiniment pour ta contribution oh combien précieuse, félicitation pour
Posts: 7 ta maîtrise du sujet, j'aurais une question a te poser si tu permets , quelle
Country: ALGERIA est la manière dont est détectée la charge maximale de la batterie qui fait
basculer la led orange vers la led blanche ( pour HP par exemple) , en
précisant le role des différents circuits qui interviennent dans le processus .
MERCI en attente de ta réponse qui sera pour moi une lanterne dans une
caverne obscure.

Thank you very much for your contribution oh how precious, congratulations
on your mastery of the subject, I would have a question to ask you if you
allow, what is the way in which the maximum charge of the battery is
detected which switches the orange led to the led white (for HP for
example), specifying the role of the different circuits involved in the process.
THANK YOU waiting for your answer which will be for me a lantern in a dark
cave.

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Lol some jealous person deleted my post.

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You have forgotten cmsrc line resistor resistance check , beginners fail to
understand and keep changing charging ic and KBC but unable to repair.
Sometimes cmsrc resistor value increase to out of range due to short in
somewhere and this cmsrc signal will not reach charging ic and it will not let
current pass until cmsrc signal received and your laptop charging led will
blink for a second and turn off . In this situation if you change KBC or Io it
will not work until you pull out resistor and replace it.

Do not delete this as well ,I am helping people.

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It is true that missing/damaged resistor going to CMSRC pin when it exists

piernov on the charger IC will prevent it from working properly (N-channel DC-in
Super Moderator MOSFETs gate drive voltage won't be generated).
It's far from being a common problem though and not all charger IC have a
Join Date: Jan 2016 CMSRC pin. It's also basically part of "2.1.6. Damaged passive component",
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rarely the problem.
I still added a note regarding that pin in 2.1.5. and 2.1.6 as it might be useful
to some people, thanks.

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very important topic tanks

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Thank you for the information, is very usefull.

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Hello, good morning thanks for accepting me I have a question

jessy It had a board in which there was no scheme but its input mosfets were
New Member channel N, the charger source was the Bq25a, therefore the charger
activated the gates to the mosfets, however, in the gates of the mosfets
Join Date: Oct 2020 there was no voltage, now the charge ic was powered it had the acdet =
Posts: 1 2.41, the acin was 0v and the regn = 0v but the capacitor that goes in that
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sur outside and it was fine to feed the plate without that capacitor and in the
regn terminal had no voltage, my query is, could the ic charger be bad?
I also took out the second mosfet to measure it outside and it's ok, thanks

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stingerchamp Originally posted by jessy

Badcaps Veteran Hello, good morning thank s for accepting me I have a question
It had a board in which there was no scheme but its input mosfets
Join Date: Sep 2020 were channel N, the charger source was the Bq25a, therefore the
Posts: 425 charger activated the gates to the mosfets, however, in the gates
Country: Pakistan of the mosfets there was no voltage, now the charge ic was
powered it had the acdet = 2.41, the acin was 0v and the regn = 0v
but the capacitor that goes in that Regn line was beeping on both
sides, I took the capacitor to measure outside and it was fine to
feed the plate without that capacitor and in the regn terminal had
no voltage, my query is, could the ic charger be bad?
I also took out the second mosfet to measure it outside and it's
ok , thank s

If charging ic is not generating REGN and charging ic vcc is ok and acdet is

normal then yes you are right otherwise check logic and signal state Active
on low or high

If you read sheet there you will find comparing circuit read it for more
information

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12-11-2020, 08:22 PM #18

Re: Laptop battery charging circuit

new ideas noted keep sharing

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01-11-2021, 07:45 PM #19

Re: Laptop battery charging circuit

I have a question for a problem with the two n-channel mosfets - which I
DavidThijs already replaced to be on the safe side. The BQ24725 emits every 1.3
New Member seconds a very short pulse with an amplitude of approx 11v on the gates of
the two N channel mosfets. When does the charge controller go in such a
Join Date: Jan 2015 mode ? On battery alone, the mainboard correctly powers up. On the DC
Posts: 3 jack alone, I get nothing unless I bridge the 1st mosfet. Then the power
button starts the laptop. Having both battery and a lab power supply
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Country: Belgium connected to the DC jack won't start the laptop unless I bridge again the 1st
mosfet. But then the current limiter of the lab psu kicks in for good reasons.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

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01-27-2021, 05:35 AM #20

Re: Laptop battery charging circuit

Thank You for this informative thread

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