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Abstract

An apparatus for monitoring a status of a relay circuit includes relay circuits configured to apply driving power to battery management devices, a microcomputer configured to output relay control signals for turning on/off the relay circuits, and a current application/detection circuit configured to apply a current to each of the relay circuits that are turned on by the relay control signals output from the microcomputer, and to convert and detect a total current applied to the turned-on relay circuits to a voltage level, wherein the microcomputer compares a current detected through the current application/detection circuit while selectively turning on/off the relay circuits and a current calculated corresponding to the number of relay circuits to which relay-on signals have been output up to a current point, and determines an operation status of the relay circuits according to whether the currents are equal within a specified error range.

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