To provide a technique which can prevent an
electric discharge in an ignition plug at an abnormal timing.SOLUTION: An ignition device 1 for an
internal combustion engine using a fuel containing
hydrogen has an
ignition coil 103 including a primary coil L1 and a secondary coil L2, a power supply device 102, a switching element 70, an ignition plug 113, a first
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diode 111, and a first resistance 112. The switching element 70 make a switch to carrying or interrupting a primary current flowing to the primary coil L1. The ignition plug 113 discharges electric on the basis of a
high voltage inducted at one end 822 of the secondary coil L2. Between the other end 821 of the secondary coil L2 and the power supply device 102, two first connection lines 122a, 122b are arranged in parallel. The first
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diode 111 is inserted in the first connection line 122a, and has a forward direction from the one end 822 of the secondary coil L2 to the other end 821. The first resistance 112 is inserted in the first connection line 122b, and has a resistance value of 1 MΩ or more.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1