Patent ID: 6278332
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H03L

Abstract:
An integrated circuit comprising a charge pump circuit for providing an output control voltage to adjust an oscillator frequency in response to fast and slow signals, the charge pump circuit comprising:(a) first and second current sources;(b) a switching network for selectively coupling, in response to said fast signal, the first current source to one of an internal node and an output node coupled to an output capacitor and having an output voltage, and, in response to said slow signal, the second current source to one of the internal node and the output node; and(c) first and second unity gain buffers coupled in parallel at their inputs to the output node and at their outputs to the internal node, wherein the first buffer is configured to have a voltage tracking range approximately up to a positive supply rail and the second buffer is configured to have a voltage tracking range approximately down to a negative supply rail, wherein the voltage tracking ranges of said buffers overlap each other, to provide an overall substantially rail-to-rail voltage tracking range.