Patent ID: 7558540

Claim:
A mobile device for transmitting a wireless signal, the mobile device comprising: a frame generator for generating a signal having a data rate and signal format; a reference power source for generating a desired reference power level; an amplifier controller for receiving, from the frame generator, the data rate and signal format associated with the signal, for receiving, from the reference power source, the desired reference power level, for directly mapping the desired reference power level, the data rate and signal format to an amplifier control signal value in accordance with known nonlinearities associated with at least one stage of an amplifier that manifests a signal dependent gain, and for generating an amplifier control signal in accordance with the mapped amplifier control signal value and independent of a power level of the transmitted wireless signal; a wireless transmitter, including the amplifier for receiving the signal from the frame generator and for amplifying the signal in accordance with the amplifier control signal to compensate for the at least one stage that manifests the signal dependent gain and for transmitting the amplified signal.