Signal level adjusting device and high-frequency apparatus

Abstract

To provide, in a frequency synthesizer including: a variable attenuator provided at a subsequent stage of a voltage controlled oscillator; a detector; and a control unit outputting a control voltage for adjusting an attenuation amount of the variable attenuator via a digital/analog converter in accordance with a detection voltage, a technology with which a spurious due to a change in an output of the digital/analog converter can be suppressed. A low-pass filter is provided between an output side of a digital/analog converter and a variable attenuator to cut a frequency component corresponding to an overshoot generated when an output of the digital/analog converter is changed. Further, a period of time from when a control unit outputs a control voltage to when it reads a signal level detected by a detector is set to a period of time longer than a time constant of the low-pass filter determined by a cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter so that no influence is exerted on an operation of automatically controlling the signal level.

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