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Abstract

An accurate integrated oscillator circuit includes a first circuit generating a substantially temperature independent, or a linearly temperature dependent, reference current and a second circuit which is programmable to incrementally increase the reference current to a desired current level. A third circuit includes first and second capacitors and an oscillator output switchable between first and second output levels. The third circuit is responsive to a first charge value on the first capacitor, due to the reference current flowing therethrough, to switch the oscillator output to the first level while resetting the second capacitor to its uncharged state, and to a second charge value on the second capacitor, due to the reference current flowing therethrough, to switch the oscillator output to the second level while resetting the first capacitor to its uncharged state. The oscillator circuit is preferably formed of a single integrated circuit and has an adjustable center frequency.

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