The image looks pixelated because the vector artwork is being rasterized. Edges that don't fall on whole pixels are anti-aliased.

Unless there is a specific reason to save as PNG, and I can't imagine what that would be, you should save directly to PDF to retain the vector information. Beyond having a sharper image, vector art usually produces smaller file sizes.

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: PNG file conversion to PDF Why does an Adobe Illustrator document saved as a PNG that are then converted to PDF files look blurry and pixelated?

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