Electronic tuning type FM receiver

Claim 1

An electronic tuning type receiver comprising, a high frequency amplifying circuit (3) which receives the output of a tuning circuit (2) and having a voltage controlled type variable capacitance element (VC), a frequency converting circuit (6) which receives the output of said amplifying circuit, an intermediate frequency signal amplifying circuit (8) which receives the output of said frequency converting circuit, a demodulator circuit (9) which receives the output of said intermediate frequency signal amplifying circuit, a phase locked loop circuit (11), formed of a phase comparator 13, a reference oscillator (12) connected to said phase comparator (13), a programmable frequency divider (14) which supplies an input to said phase comparator and a low pass filter which receives the output of said phase comparator and the oscillation frequency of said frequency converting circuit is controlled by said programmable frequency divider, said electronic tuning type receiver including correcting voltage generating means (E1-E4:Si-S4) for correcting the non-linearity of a tuning control voltage versus capacitance characteristics of said voltage-controlled type variable capacitance element, first adding means (21) for receiving a demodulated audio frequency signal (V4) from said demodulating circuit and an output (E1 or E2 or E3 or E4) of said correcting voltage generating means, and second adding means (16) receiving the output (V3) of said first adding means and an output (V1), of said low pass filter in said phase locked loop whereby the center frequency of said tuning circuit (2) is varied in response to the demodulated audio frequency signal and at the same time the non-linearity of said variable capacitor element is compensated.