How does IC 4046 work?

I heard it's a 'phase locked loop' IC. How can it be tuned to accept a particular frequency? How should it be connected to a circuit?

Answer:
Very interesting chip to learn about, I've built several custom test fixtures for pulse-output energy meters using the 4046 as a basis. Can be used to multiply or divide frequencies, or, if you have a programmable divider, output a group of crystal-controlled frequencies from a single crystal. This link explains the basics-

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/p...

This is a link to Fairchild's version-

http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/mm/mm74h...

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