Systems and methods related to amplifier systems which use a predistortion
subsystem to compensate for expected distortions in the system output
signal. A signal processing subsystem receives an input signal and
decomposes the input signal into multiple components. Each signal
component is received by a predistortion subsystem which applies a
predistortion modification to the component. The predistortion
modification may be a phase modification, a magnitude modification, or a
combination of both and is applied by adjusting the phase of the
fragment. The predistorted component is then separately processed by the
signal processing subsystem. The processing may take the form of phase
modulation and amplification. The phase modulated and amplified
components are then recombined to arrive at an amplitude and phase
modulated and amplified output signal. The predistortion modification is
applied to the components to compensate for distortions introduced in the
signal by the signal processing subsystem.