The vehicle generator regulating apparatus includes a switching device
operating to allow a field current to flow into a field coil of the
vehicle generator from a vehicle battery when applied with a voltage
signal, a drive circuit applying the voltage signal to the switching
device when supplied with a control signal, and a control circuit
supplying the control signal to the drive circuit when the output voltage
is detected to be not above a predetermined voltage. The drive circuit
includes a charge pump circuit stepping up a DC voltage supplied from the
battery to generate the voltage signal by repeatedly performing a cycle
of charging and discharging multiple capacitors in synchronization with
an oscillation signal from an oscillator circuit. The drive circuit is
configured to lower the frequency of the oscillation signal when the
vehicle generator is in a low power output state.