Microchip Technology MCP1631RD-MCC2 Data Sheet

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MCP1631HV MULTI-CHEMISTRY
BATTERY CHARGER
REFERENCE DESIGN
© 2009 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS51791A-page 1
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the 
MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design. Items discussed in 
this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery 
Charger Reference Design. The manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Product Overview” – Important information about the MCP1631HV 
Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design.
• Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation” – Includes instructions on how to get 
started with this user’s guide and a description of the user’s guide.
• Appendix A. “Schematic and Layout” – Shows the schematic and layout 
diagrams for the MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference 
Design.
• Appendix B. “Bill Of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the 
MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design.
• Appendix C. “Software” – Provides information about the application firmware 
and where the source code can be found.
• Appendix D. “Design Example” – Shows a design example.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and 
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs 
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site 
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each 
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is 
“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the 
document.
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