A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING DISSIPATION IN RF POWER AMPLIFIERS

摘要

The variable power supply (12) to an amplifier (10) in an electrical circuit is dynamically controlled through the use of a lookup table (14) responsive to one or more operating conditions of the electrical circuit. The lookup table is indexed by one or more of the operating conditions and the amount of amplification to be applied to an input signal to the amplifier is determined. One embodiment of the invention comprises a television transmitter circuit including a power amplifier circuit capable of amplifying a variable frequency COFDM or 8VSB input signal (11) where the amount of amplification applied to the input signal is dynamically controlled through the use of a lookup table as a function of the frequency of the input signal.