Patent ID: 8750813

Claim:
A method for communication, the method comprising: in a radio frequency transmitter front-end integrated on a single substrate: determining a maximum transmission gain supported by a transmitter intermediate frequency (IF) section; receiving an output signal from a baseband processor in communication with said radio frequency transmitter front-end; determining a required transmission gain for a transmission of said output signal in an IF amplification stage; responsive to said required transmission gain being less than said maximum transmission gain, adjusting a transmission gain of said output signal for said transmission only by at least a portion of components of said transmitter IF section; and responsive to said required transmission gain being greater than or equal to said maximum transmission gain: configuring a power amplifier driver to provide additional gain to meet said required transmission gain for said transmission of said output signal, and adjusting a transmission gain of said output signal for said transmission by at least said portion of components of said transmitter IF section.