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Nokia 2-mm DC Charging Interface Specification

Version 1.2; August 22, 2006

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Contents
1 2 Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 5 General electrical specifications ............................................................................................................ 6 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6 7 8 6.1 General.........................................................................................................................................................6 Charger output capacitance..................................................................................................................6 Maximum voltage and current values...............................................................................................7 Maximum output ripple voltage .........................................................................................................8 Charger output conducted emissions ...............................................................................................9 Leakage current of AC chargers ...........................................................................................................9 Charging voltage current window............................................................................................. 10 U/I corner point...................................................................................................................................... 10 Current linearity..................................................................................................................................... 10 Charging voltage current window............................................................................................. 12 Charging voltage rise time................................................................................................................. 12 Current linearity recommendation.................................................................................................. 12 Accessory interfaces ............................................................................................................................. 14 Electrical specifications for accessories ......................................................................................... 14 Booting up the mobile device when connected to an accessory.......................................... 15 Charger identification.......................................................................................................................... 15 Charger voltage measurement ......................................................................................................... 17

Electrical specification for constant current type chargers ..........................................................10

Electrical specification for special chargers......................................................................................12

Accessories connected between the charger and the mobile device........................................14

Charger identification method ............................................................................................................17 Mechanical specification........................................................................................................................18 Terms and abbreviations.......................................................................................................................20

Appendix A: Artificial load.............................................................................................................................21 Evaluate this resource....................................................................................................................................22

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Change history
June 16, 2005 October 26, 2005 August 22, 2006 Version 1.0 Version 1.1 Version 1.2 Initial document release Sections 2.4 and 4.1 updated Figure 13 updated

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Introduction
This document specifies the electrical and mechanical charging interface between Nokia mobile devices and power-supply accessories, specifically chargers. It also defines the charger-identification process of these mobile devices. The specification is valid only for devices with a 2-mm charging interface.

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2 General electrical specifications

2.1 General The interface supports the following two types of two-wire chargers: 1. Constant current chargers (standard charger)

A constant current type charger may have a wide output current range and the current may change with other parameters. The specifications for a constant current charger appear in Chapter 3, Electrical specification for constant current type chargers. 2. Special chargers

Special chargers take charging energy from a solar cell or hand-operated generator, for example. External charging conditions have a great impact on the charging current the waveform of the charging current is unknown and charging can even be stopped. Battery charging time may vary considerably. Specifications for special chargers are described in Chapter 4, Electrical specification for special chargers. 2.2 Charger output capacitance The capacitance in charger output causes charging current spikes when the charger's load changes. Low-capacitance values are recommended if possible. Maximum charger output filter capacitor size is 1000 F if the charger VMAX-OUTPUT is less than 7 V. For output voltages of 7 V 9.3 V, the maximum capacitance value decreases linearly so that for a 9.3 V charger, maximum output capacitance is 700 F.

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V 10
9.3

Charger maximum output voltage

8 7 6

5 4

Maximum recommended output capacitance

Figure 1: Maximum charger output capacitance

500

700

1000

uF

2.3

Maximum voltage and current values Maximum charger output overshoot Maximum reverse voltage at charger output Maximum time for constant current type charger to achieve steady state value (U and I) after load change Maximum duration of charging current overshoot peak value greater than 1.1 A
Table 1: Limits for maximum voltage and settling time * Limits are also valid for a damaged charger. * These voltage and current limits must be doubly insured; in other words, if the general charging voltage control system fails, there must be a backup limiter inside the charger.

16 V 1V 10 ms 5 ms

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Current

Mobile device current limit 1100 mA Max. 5 ms

Max. 10 ms 10%

Nominal output current

0 mA Time
Figure 2: Maximum duration of charging current overshoot

2.4

Maximum output ripple voltage The maximum acceptable output ripple voltage with maximum output current (constant current mode, 2.5 V < Uout < 5.5 V) is 300 mV (root mean square, RMS). The maximum acceptable output peak-to-peak ripple voltage is separated to four frequency areas. A summary of ripple voltages with different frequencies over the full frequency area (0 1 MHz) is 800 mVP-P. Ripple voltage shall be measured using 0 6 k resistive load. Note: Charging voltage, including ripple, may never have peak values outside the U/I window for charger output.

Frequency
0 - 20 Hz 20 Hz - 200 Hz 200 Hz - 20 kHz 20 kHz 1 MHz

Maximum voltage
200 mVp-p 200 mVp-p 200 mVp-p 400 mVp-p

Table 2: Maximum ripple voltage by frequency

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Frequency 200Hz - 20 kHz max. VRIPPLE P-P 200 mV

Frequency 0 - 20 Hz max. VRIPPLE P-P 200 mV

All frequencies together max. VRIPPLE P-P 800 mV

Figure 3: Maximum peak-to-peak ripple voltage

2.5

Charger output conducted emissions

Frequency range
1 MHz 80 MHz 80 MHz 150 MHz
Table 3: Maximum conducted disturbances

Maximum EMI disturbances

-40 dBm to -65 dBm linearly -65 dBm

The limits for conducted emissions from charger output are presented in Table 3 and Figure 4. The charger shall be connected to artificial load (Appendix A: Artificial load) during measurement.
Level dBm -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80 -90 Frequency 1 MHz 80 MHz 150 MHz

Figure 4: Maximum conducted emissions

2.6

Leakage current of AC chargers Maximum leakage current from AC mains to the mobile device through the charger is 5 A.

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3 Electrical specification for constant current type chargers

3.1 Charging voltage current window The minimum charging current is 300 mA. During charging, the current and voltage must fit within the charging window shown in Figure 5. The only time that the charging voltage is allowed to go out of the charging current/voltage window is in a load change situation (see Section 2.3, Maximum voltage and current values").
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10 9 8 7
9.3

Voltage V

5.7

5.54 V

5 4 3 2 1
1.0 V

90 100

200

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500

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700

800

900 950 1000

1100

1200

Current mA
Figure 5: Charging current/voltage window for constant current type chargers

3.2

U/I corner point The U/I curve corner point when the constant voltage mode changes to the constant current mode is greater than 5.54 V if the current is more than 300 mA.

3.3

Current linearity Maximum current fluctuation under stable temperature condition is 30 percent when the charger output voltage changes from 3.5 V to 5.0 V (for example, 500 mA - 30% = 350 mA) when input voltage and ambient temperature stay constant.

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8 7 6 5

5.0 V

Voltage V

3.5 V

3 2 1

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Current mA
Figure 6: Current linearity specification

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4 Electrical specification for special chargers

4.1 Charging voltage current window The minimum charging current is 90 mA. During charging, the current and the voltage must fit within the charging window shown in Figure 7. The only time that the charging voltage is allowed to go out of the charging current/voltage window is in a load change situation (see Section 2.3, "Maximum voltage and current values"). Products having high boot-up current consumption may be unable to boot-up with empty battery even if special charger, which provides only small current, is connected.
7 6 5
5.2

4.65

Voltage V

4 3 2
1.6

1.0 V

90 100

200

300

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500

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700

800

900 950 1000

1100

1200

Figure 7: Charging current/voltage window for special chargers

4.2

Charging voltage rise time Special chargers don't have a time limit on how fast the charger must archive the steady state value (U and I) after load change. Charging will not start until the charger output voltage reaches 4.65 V. The charger must provide a minimum charging current according to Figure 8, even if the voltage is rising slowly.

4.3

Current linearity recommendation Following current linearity recommendations yields the best results between chargers and Nokia mobile devices, thus good current linearity should be the goal when designing new chargers. However, adhering to the specification is not mandatory if doing so is impossible due to the structure of a specific charger. Charging current linearity is divided into two parts, based on the charging current change frequency. For fICHAR < Hz, the maximum allowed current slew rate is 0.28*ICHAR A/sec. For fICHAR > Hz, the maximum charge current crest factor is < 1.14. Crest factor = IPEAK / IRMS.

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140 Maximum peak current [mA] 120

80 60 40 20

ICHAR out of range

Allowed peak current

200 400 600 800 1000

90

ICHAR [mA]

Figure 8: Maximum allowed charging current peaks (crest factor) fICHAR > Hz

300 Maximum slew rate [mA/sec] 250

150 100 50

Allowed current slew rate

90 200 400 600 ICHAR [mA] 800

1000

Figure 9: Maximum allowed charging current slew rate fICHAR < Hz

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ICHAR out of range

200

ICHAR out of range

ICHAR out of range

100

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5 Accessories connected between the charger and the mobile device

5.1 Accessory interfaces An accessory connected between the charger and the mobile device shares energy with that mobile device while taking energy for its own needs. The sharing policy varies based on the type of accessory and the operating conditions. The accessory must always provide an interface to the mobile device that meets this Nokia 2-mm DC Charging Interface Specification. The interface is indicated with dashed lines in Figure 10.

Charger Voltage in VCHAR GND

Accessory

Mobile device VCHAR GND

Accessory functionalities

Figure 10: Accessory/mobile device interface

5.2

Electrical specifications for accessories Accessories connected between the charger and the mobile device and having direct contact with charging lines (for example, a desk stand), must not disturb the charging or charger identification.

Description
Ground lead resistance with contacts Positive lead resistance Capacitance between charging lines

Min.
0 0 0

Typ.
0.2

Max.
0.05 0.40 4.0

Unit
F

Table 4: Electrical specification for accessory contacts

Figure 11 shows the U/I window that the accessory must provide to the mobile device.

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10 9 8 7 Minimum voltage at charger output

9.3

Voltage V

5.7 5.5

5 4 3 2 1

5.54 V 5.37 V Minimum voltage at mobile device input

1.0 V

90 100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900 950 1000

1100

1200

Current mA
Figure 11: Charging current/voltage window for a mobile device

Even if the accessory is powered by a standard, constant current charger, it doesn't need to fulfill the current linearity specification for constant current type chargers (see Section 3.3, "Current linearity") 5.3 Booting up the mobile device when connected to an accessory While the mobile device is booting up, the accessory connected between the charger and the device must not limit the charging current between the two. Also, it must be possible to boot up the mobile device when there is an accessory connected between the charger and the device and the device's battery is totally empty. An accessory may have current consumption IMAX = 10mA as long as the charging voltage (VCHAR) is below 3.5 V. 5.4 Charger identification An accessory connected between the charger and the mobile device must not prevent the device from identifying the charger type correctly. For example, if the accessory is connected to the charger, and the mobile device, which is powered on, is later connected to the accessory, the power consumption of the accessory may result in the wrong charger identification.

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The accessory must limit its power consumption (or use some other method) so that there is a minimum 5.5 V charging voltage available in the charging interface for the mobile device during the first 300 ms after the mobile device is connected to the accessory. Some old charger types are detected with a 100/120 Hz output ripple voltage. The accessory must not prevent that detection. If the accessory input voltage is a rectified AC voltage, there must be a minimum 5.5 V average charging voltage available for the mobile device during 300 ms after the mobile device is connected to the accessory. The peak-to-peak value of the charging voltage must be more than 2000 mV.

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6 Charger identification method

6.1 Charger voltage measurement When a charger is connected to the mobile device, the device's system will start the chargerrecognition procedure by checking the charger voltage with 1 2 mA current. Identification is based on measured average voltage and waveform: 4.65 V 5.20 V is identified as a special charger and 5.5 V 9.3 V is identified as a standard charger.
Charger Voltage 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Charger voltage range

Over 9.3 V Illegal voltage

5.5 V to 9.3 V Standard charger

4.65 V to 5.20 V Special charger 5.2 V - 5.5 V and under 4.65 V Illegal voltage

Figure 12: Charger identification voltages

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7 Mechanical specification

Figure 13: Mechanical specification for Nokia 2-mm charging plug (outmolding)

The charging voltage is connected to the center pin and the ground is connected to the outer surface of the plug.

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Figure 14: Mechanical specification for Nokia 2-mm charging plug

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8 Terms and abbreviations

Term or abbreviation
AC CDN Crest factor DC EMI ESR Pop-Port PWM RMS Slew rate U/I VCHAR

Meaning
Alternating current Coupling and decoupling network Current peak value/current RMS value Direct current Electromagnetic interference Equivalent series resistance System connector in Nokia mobile devices Pulse width modulation Root mean square (U or I) value change/changing time Voltage/Current Charging voltage

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Appendix A: Artificial load

DC jack C1
In an artificial load circuit: R value is selected so that charger output is 5.0 V. C1 value is 4,400 F 6,000 F, low ESR. C2 value is 1 nF, low ESR.

C2

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