The invention belongs to the technical field of integrated circuits, and particularly relates to a frequency source integrating
automatic frequency control and a high-
linearity voltage-controlled oscillator. The circuit structure of the frequency source comprises a
phase frequency detector, a
charge pump, a
loop filter, a multiband
voltage-controlled oscillator, an automatic frequency controller and a programmable fractional
frequency divider. A
signal of the reference frequency and a
signal fed back by the programmable
frequency divider are input into the
phase frequency detector, and the
phase frequency detector compares rising edges of the two signals and outputs a pulse
signal to the
charge pump; the
charge pump converts an input pulse signal into a current signal and charges and discharges the
loop filter; the
loop filter converts the received current signal into a
voltage signal and outputs the voltage signal to the voltage-controlled oscillator; the voltage-controlled oscillator adjusts the frequency of an output signal according to an input voltage signal and a control word of the automatic frequency controller, and feeds back the output signal to the phase frequency
detector through the programmable fractional
frequency divider to realize loop locking. A
capacitor array of the voltage-controlled oscillator is composed of a varactor array and a
capacitor tube array, continuous tuning of output frequency is achieved by adjusting varactors, and the automatic frequency controller changes the
capacitor tube array of the voltage-controlled oscillator through control words to achieve discrete frequency tuning. Therefore, a wide output frequency range is achieved under the condition of
low voltage-controlled oscillator tuning
gain,
phase noise is optimized at the same time, and automatic locking of frequency in bandwidth can be achieved.