Patent ID: 7826810

Claim:
A radio transmitter system, comprising: an RF power amplifier comprising at least one RF power transistor; a control processor that generates at least one control signal responsive to a user input; and at least one circuit configured for selectively varying at least one operating characteristic of said RF power amplifier responsive to said at least one control signal, said operating characteristic selectively varied so as to increase a power output of said radio transmitter system based on at least one user input command; wherein said control processor is programmed to automatically generate said control signal in response to said at least one user input command that indicates that a second transmission mode has been selected, said second transmission mode being a burst mode in which said radio transmitter system transmits bursts of data at a second duty cycle lower than a first duty cycle associated with a first transmission mode defined with respect to a current state of said radio transmitter system; and wherein a first RF power output in said first transmission mode comprises substantially a maximum available RF output power of said transmitter in at least said first transmission mode exclusive of potential damage to said transmitter, and a second RF power output in said second transmission mode comprises a power level greater than said first RF power output level, exclusive of damage to said transmitter.