A method and apparatus for dynamically compensating for delay mismatch
between a supply signal and an input signal of a power amplifier in polar
modulation transmitters. One exemplary polar modulation transmitter
according to the present invention comprises a power amplifier, a phase
modulator, a regulator, a delay tracking circuit, and a delay circuit.
The phase modulator derives the amplifier input signal responsive to one
or more phase signals, while the regulator derives the amplifier supply
signal responsive to an amplitude signal. Based on the amplitude signal
and the amplifier supply signal, the delay tracking circuit tracks an
observed amplitude path delay. The delay circuit adjusts a path delay
associated with the phase signal, responsive to the observed amplitude
path delay, to compensate for the delay mismatch.