The invention discloses a relaxation-type voltage-controlled oscillator, which is composed of a charging capacitor, a switching tube assembly, a comparison circuit, a charging current source and a logic control circuit, and is characterized by being provided with the charging current source which is formed by a constant current source and a controlled current source in parallel; the switching tube assembly is formed by a first group and a second group of four switches; the charging capacitor is connected with a first group of switching tubes and a second group of switching tubes; the comparison circuit is formed by a cross-coupled geminate transistor, and is connected with the two positive and negative ends of the charging capacitor; the cross-coupled geminate transistor comprises a first clamper tube and a second clamper tube, wherein, the input end of the first clamper tube is connected with the output end of the second clamper tube; and the input end of the second clamper tube is connected with the output end of the first clamper tube. The relaxation-type voltage-controlled oscillator of the invention adopts the break-over voltage of a semiconductor tube as a comparison voltage, improves the oscillating frequency through improving the structure of the controlled circuit source, has high linearity, adopts a current source to avoid the consistency problem of the process, and is easier to realize.