BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACK COMPRISING SAME

A battery protection circuit includes: a charging control switch connected in series to a big current path between a battery module configured with a plurality of cells connected in series and a plurality of pack terminals; a battery controller for controlling the charging control switch based on cell voltages of the cells; and a plurality of first protection circuits connected to the respective cells on the big current path, and intercepting or allowing a current flowing to the corresponding cell based on the cell voltage of the corresponding cell from among the cells, wherein the first protection circuits respectively include at least one switch connected in series between neighboring cells or between one of the cells and a first pack terminal from among the pack terminals, and a cell controller for controlling the at least one switch according to a cell voltage of the corresponding cell.