Patent ID: 8150343

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a baseband processing module to provide baseband processing to transmit a signal; a transmitter module coupled to the baseband module to modulate the signal from the baseband processing module; and a radio frequency (RF) amplifier module coupled to the transmitter module to receive the modulated signal and coupled to the baseband processing module to receive control signals from the baseband processing module to operate the RF amplifier module, wherein the RF amplifier module is operable to select between a linear mode of operation and a non-linear mode of operation in which the RF amplifier module is selectable to change device sizing of at least one stage of a RF amplifier circuit, change biasing of at least one stage of the RF amplifier circuit and change impedance of a matching network for at least one stage of the RF amplifier circuit, when switching between the non-linear and linear modes of operation.