Abstract: A semiconductor device having a semiconductor chip with a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, a first protection element, and a resistor circuit, the first circuit and the third circuit mutually input and output unidirectional or bidirectional signals via the second circuit, the first protection element is electrically connected to a first node which electrically connects a first terminal and the second circuit, and the resistor circuit is provided between the first node and a second node which electrically connects the first terminal, the first circuit, and the second circuit and is located upstream of the first node.

Abstract: A phase locking circuit includes: a phase comparator; a pulse generation circuit; a charge pump circuit; a loop filter circuit; and a voltage-controlled oscillator. The phase comparator samples a first level in synchronization with a received reference clock, and generates a first signal to be initialized to a second level that is different from the first level by using a feedback clock. The pulse generation circuit generates a second signal in accordance with the reference clock, and controls a phase of as output signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator to be the feedback clock to have a predetermined value by inputting the first signal and the second signal as a control voltage to the voltage-controlled oscillator through the charge pump circuit and the loop filter circuit.

Abstract: A phase locking circuit includes: a phase comparator; a pulse generation circuit; a charge pump circuit; a loop filter circuit; and a voltage-controlled oscillator. The phase comparator samples a first level in synchronization with a received reference clock, and generates a first signal to be initialized to a second level that is different from the first level by using a feedback clock. The pulse generation circuit generates a second signal in accordance with the reference clock, and controls a phase of as output signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator to be the feedback clock to have a predetermined value by inputting the first signal and the second signal as a control voltage to the voltage-controlled oscillator through the charge pump circuit and the loop filter circuit.