Disclosed is a switching circuit for balancing battery cells. The
switching circuit includes plural pairs of switching means, each pair of
which are connected to each other in parallel and interrupt a flow of
electric current in a bi-direction in order to reduce the internal
voltage applied to the switching means. According to the present
invention, since the switching elements of low internal voltage can be
used for the switching circuit, it is possible to constitute the
switching circuit for cell balancing without use of switching elements of
high internal voltage and to reduce the number of MOSFETs, thereby making
it possible to design the switching circuit effectively. Since the
MOSFETs having the low internal voltage and low resistance are used for
the switching circuit, it is possible to reduce a loss of the electric
current due to the resistance during the cell balancing, thereby
improving the balancing efficiency and reducing heat generation.