HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP TURN-ON APPARATUS, HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS USING SAME, PROJECTOR USING HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF TURNING ON HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP

摘要

Provided is a high-pressure discharge lamp turn-on apparatus, wherein, until a prescribed time elapses since starting a turn-on, a constant-current having a value of Ib is supplied to the high-intensity discharge lamp (4) for a period of time until the lamp-consumption power reaches P_low, and current is supplied to the high-intensity discharge lamp (4) so that the power will become a constant-power having a value of P_low after the lamp-consumption power reaches P_low. When the prescribed time has elapsed, current is supplied so that the lamp-consumption power will become a constant-power having a rated lamp-consumption power value of Pr. The amplitude of the lamp current upon supplying constant-power thereto is limited to a limit current value of Ia, and the current value Ib and the power value P_low are set so as to satisfy the following relationship. Ia × 0.7 ≤ Ib ≤ Ia × 0.9 Pr × 0.5 ≤ P_low ≤ Pr × 0.9