Patent ID: 7486937

Claim:
A transceiver, comprising: a modulator stage operable to receive an input signal and generate a modulated signal; a band pass filter operable to filter the modulated signal and generate a filtered signal; a first transmit path including a first amplifier operable in a first transmit mode to receive the filtered signal and generate a first amplified signal, the first amplified signal being characterized by a first power range; a first antenna associated with the first transmit path and operable to transmit the first amplified signal; a second transmit path including a second amplifier operable in a second transmit mode to receive the filtered signal and generate a second amplified signal, the second amplified signal being characterized by a second power range lower than the first power range; a second antenna associated with the second transmit path and operable to transmit the second amplified signal; a switch operable to alternately provide the filtered signal to the first and second transmit paths; and control circuitry operable to disable the first amplifier in the second transmit mode, and to disable the second amplifier in the first transmit mode.