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NiMH charging IC help

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The load is the circuit powered by your battery. This charger can be wired in to a circuit so it keeps the battery charged while the circuit operates.
 

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can someone look at this data sheet and tell me about the input voltage? It says max 5.5 but if you read further down I think in step 2 it says that you need to use at least 6 volts...

Correction: Number 4 under getting started
 
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It is a little confusing until you read that the device has an internal 5V shunt regulator.

The voltage on the power pin will be between 4.5V and 5.5V as indicated on the specifications, but this is (mostly) determined by the inbuilt shunt regulator.

When being powered by a higher voltage, the series resistor drops the excess voltage. You will note that the datasheet warns against excess dissipation in the package due to the shunt regulator (a shunt regulator is essentially a zener diode, or a circuit that acts like a really good zener diode).

So yeah, both are right.
 

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I see. When I ordered this IC, I glanced at the datasheet and the schematic. It seemed simple enough, but it's really giving me a headache.
 
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