Patent ID: 8823462

Claim:
A piezoelectric oscillation circuit comprising: a Colpitts oscillation circuit; a first circuit unit which includes a circuit having a variable-capacity capacitor for controlling an oscillation frequency; a second circuit unit which includes a circuit having a resistance; and a piezoelectric resonator which includes a first terminal connected to the first circuit unit and the second circuit unit, and a second terminal connected to the Colpitts oscillation circuit, wherein the Colpitts oscillation circuit connects the second terminal to a fixed potential via a dividing resistance, the second circuit unit connects the first terminal to the fixed potential via the resistance, the resistance being greater than the dividing resistance of the Colpitts oscillation circuit, the first circuit unit includes a variable capacitance diode used as a variable-capacity element, and inputs a control voltage for determining the capacitance of the variable capacitance diode, the first circuit unit directly connects the anode terminal of the variable capacitance diode to the first terminal via the variable-capacity capacitor and to the fixed potential via a resistance different from the resistance of the second circuit unit, and the first circuit having a second variable capacitance diode, an anode terminal of the second variable capacitance diode being directly connected with a fixed potential.