If an intermittent oscillation pulse in a case in which the power
consumption in the standby state is reduced at the maximum is supplied to
a connection point from an output port of a microcomputer through a
capacitor and a resistor, a DC component of the intermittent oscillation
pulse is removed and is then supplied to the connection point. At this
time, even when a voltage of the connection point becomes larger than a
power supply voltage of the microcomputer, since a current does not flow
backward from the connection point to the microcomputer, the
microcomputer is normally operated. As such, the microcomputer is
normally operated, so that the intermittent oscillation pulse is
effectively supplied to the connection point. Thereby, a transistor is
intermittently operated, the oscillation circuit intermittently performs
oscillation operation, and the power consumption in the standby state is
reduced.