Abstract: A structure and method to reduce second order intermodulation (IM2) of a receiver in a transceiver is provided. Specifically, the output of a detector in a transmit power control loop is utilized to calculate IM2 and the value is subtracted from a receive path to mitigate IM2 in a wireless communication devices. Alternatively, the detector can be placed in one or more receive paths to include receiver front-end passband variation.

Abstract: A method for a closed power control feedback loop allows a single portable transceiver architecture to be used for systems in which a transmit signal including both a phase modulated (PM) component and an amplitude modulated (AM) component are supplied to a power amplifier and in systems in which the transmit signal has only a PM component supplied to a power amplifier. By injecting the inverse of the AM portion of the desired transmit signal into the closed power control feedback loop, the feedback loop will not cancel the AM portion of the signal, thus allowing a system where both a PM component and an AM component of the transmit signal are present at the output of the power amplifier to function using a closed power control feedback loop.