Transmission circuit and communication device

A transmission circuit for generating and outputting a transmission signal based on input data, the transmission circuit comprising:

• an amplitude and phase extraction section for extracting amplitude data and phase data from the input data;
• a phase modulation section for phase-modulating the phase data to output a resultant signal as a phase-modulated signal;
• an amplifier section for amplifying the phase-modulated signal to output a resultant signal as the transmission signal;
• and
• an amplitude control section including:
• an AC component control section for outputting a signal corresponding to an AC component, which is represented by a fluctuation component of the amplitude data;
• a DC component control section for outputting a signal corresponding to a DC component, which is represented by an average value level of the fluctuation component of the amplitude data;
• and
• a voltage supply section for adding the signal outputted from the AC component control section and the signal outputted from the DC component control section, and supplying, to the amplifier section, a voltage controlled in accordance with the added signal, wherein
• the DC component control section receives electric power information that indicates a magnitude of an output power of the transmission circuit, and
• the DC component control section includes:
• a DC component detection section for detecting, as the DC component of the amplitude data, the average value level of the fluctuation component of the amplitude data, multiplying the detected DC component of the amplitude data by a value indicated by the electric power information, and outputting a resultant signal;
• and
• a DA converter for converting the signal outputted from the DC component detection section to an analog signal, and outputting the analog signal as the signal corresponding to the DC component of the amplitude data.