Rf transmitter having multiple constant transmit power levels

A method for providing multiple constant output power levels for a radio frequency (RF) transmitter, the method comprises:

• sensing a power level of outbound radio frequency (RF) signals to produce a sensed power level;
• adjusting the sensed power level to a nominal sensed power level based on a power level offset that corresponds to a desired output power level of the multiple constant output power levels;
• producing nominal transmit gain settings based on the nominal sensed power level;
• and
• adjusting the nominal transmit gain settings to produce actual transmit gain settings based on a gain offset that corresponds to the desired output power level of the multiple constant output power levels, wherein the actual transmit gain settings includes at least one of:
• gain settings for a baseband transmit processing module, gain settings for a mixing module, and gain settings for a power amplifier.

A radio frequency (RF) transmitter having multiple constant output power levels, the RF transmitter comprises:

• baseband transmit processing module operably coupled to encode outbound data into outbound baseband signals in accordance with one of a plurality of encoding protocols, wherein each of the plurality of encoding protocols includes multiple data rates;
• mixing module operably coupled to convert the outbound baseband signals into outbound RF signals;
• power amplifier operably coupled to amplify the outbound RF signals prior to transmission to produce amplified outbound RF signals;
• and
• a transmit power processing module operably coupled to:
• sense a power level of the amplified outbound RF signals to produce a sensed power level;
• adjust the sensed power level to a nominal sensed power level based on a power level offset that corresponds to a desired output power level of the multiple constant output power levels;
• produce nominal transmit gain settings based on the nominal sensed power level;
• and
• adjust the nominal transmit gain settings to produce actual transmit gain settings based on a gain offset that corresponds to the desired output power level of the multiple constant output power levels, wherein the actual transmit gain settings includes at least one of:
• gain settings for the baseband transmit processing module, gain settings for the mixing module, and gain settings for the power amplifier.