Patent ID: 7139526

Claim:
A power control system for a satellite comprising: at least one high power amplifier circuit receiving a saturated power output adjustment signal from a ground station and comprising: at least one programmable circuit; an electronic power conditioner coupled to said at least one programmable circuit and configured to reset an operating set-point of said high power amplifier circuit in response to said saturated power output adjustment signal; a high power amplifier having a variable output power range and amplifying a received signal in response to change in said operating set-point; and a channel amplifier coupled to said at least one programmable circuit and configured to gain offset said received signal in response to change in said operating set-point, wherein the programmable circuit includes a look-up table containing parameters for a plurality of complementary states of anode voltage, cathode current, and saturated power adjustment signal, and wherein said electronic power conditioner receives said the corresponding saturated power adjustment signal and adjusts said high power amplifier to have an adjusted anode voltage within an anode voltage range to provide a constant cathode current associated with a saturated output power state.