The 74HC4046 requires way to much power, but thanks for the suggestion.

It varies with vendor, but the lowest quiescent current I found was 80 ua, 
and that's WITHOUT the VCO running!

It looks like the cmos Shmitt trigger inverter free running oscillator will 
use 12-14 ua at 60 Khz. The frequency of the oscillation is changed by 
varying the supply voltage. I have a pdf if anyone is interested in the 
circuit. It's pretty tough to get any supply current usage less than that:>:

BUT, I'm open to suggestions if anyone has another suggestion:>:

Art


>CMOS4046 PLL (74C4046 etc)


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