Patent ID: 8067981

Claim:
A method for communication, the method comprising: performing, by one or more circuits in a transmitting device: generating an amplitude signal that is representative of an amplitude of a pair of baseband signals, wherein said baseband signals correspond to information to be transmitted, and said amplitude is in units of volts, amperes, or watts; modifying an amplitude of said generated amplitude signal by performing a first operation on said generated amplitude signal; modifying an amplitude of each signal of said pair of baseband signals by performing a second operation on said each signal of said pair of baseband signals, wherein said second operation is the inverse of said first operation, and a peak-amplitude-to-average-amplitude ratio of said generated amplitude signal is less than a peak-amplitude-to-average-amplitude ratio of said modified amplitude signal; generating an intermediate signal from said modified baseband signals; amplitude modulating an intermediate signal by said amplitude signal; and transmitting said amplitude modulated signal.