HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME

摘要

There are provided a high-voltage pulse generator with a reduced radius of rotation and improved performance, and a lighting apparatus and a vehicle having the high-voltage pulse generator. The high-voltage pulse generator includes a pulse transformer PT in which a primary winding N1 and a secondary winding N2 are wound on a core 2, a discharge lamp connector 31 which is formed in a tube shape having an opened front surface and a bottom out of an insulating material and which has an inner-electrode terminal 40 electrically connected to a high voltage part of the secondary winding N2 in the bottom 31a, and a pulse generating capacitor C and a discharge switch SG electrically connected to the primary winding N1 of the pulse transformer PT. The discharge lamp connector 31 is disposed so that the center O thereof is located in a center line CL1 passing through a substantial center in an axis direction (a direction parallel to a center line CL2) of the pulse transformer PT and perpendicular to the axis direction. The capacitor C and the discharge switch SG are disposed to be opposed to the high voltage part of the secondary winding N2 and a high voltage area HF including the inner-electrode terminal 40 with the discharge lamp connector 31 therebetween.