VCO DRIVING CIRCUIT AND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER

摘要

A VCO driving circuit and a frequency synthesizer wherein the impedance viewed from a VCO control terminal is reduced to prevent the VCO phase noise characteristic from degrading. A VCO driving circuit and a frequency synthesizer having the VCO driving circuit, which comprises a coarse adjustment DAC (4) that receives a digital data, which has a coarse adjustment frequency, to output an analog signal; a fine adjustment DAC (6) that receives a digital data, which has a fine adjustment frequency, to output an analog signal; a low response speed LPF (5) that removes noise from the output signal from the coarse adjustment DAC (4) and then provides the resultant signal as an input to a VCO control terminal; a high response speed LPF (7) that converts the output signal from the fine adjustment DAC (6) to a voltage, thereby smoothing the signal; a resistor (R6) that connects an input stage of the LPF (5) to that of the LPF (7); and a capacitor (C8) used for providing a capacitive coupling such that the output of the LPF (7) is added to that of the LPF (5).