An architecture and method for improving efficiency of a Class-A power
amplifier by dynamically scaling biasing current thereof as well as
synchronously compensating gain thereof in order to maintain overall
constant gain of the Class-A power amplifier at all biasing
configurations thereof. A biasing-current switching-network is
operatively connected to the back-end block of the Class-A power
amplifier. A gain-control switching-network is operatively connected to a
front-end block of the Class-A power amplifier. A detector-and-control
block is operatively connected to an output of the back-end block of the
Class-A power amplifier, and samples a signal that is then compared with
reference signals to determine switching configurations in the
biasing-current switching-network and the gain-control switching network
when the signal is processed through the front-end block of the Class-A
power amplifier followed by the back-end block of the Class-A power
amplifier. The biasing-current switching-network dynamically sets the
back-end block biasing current of the Class-A power amplifier for a
highest possible operating efficiency. The gain-control network
simultaneously adjusts gain of the front-end block of the Class-A power
amplifier to synchronize with a dynamic-biasing current-switching
configuration to allow overall gain of the Class-A power amplifier to be
constant in all biasing conditions.