power detector 120 comparator 125 accumulator 130 summing circuits 140 and 230 temperature sensor 220 and conversion circuitry 223 or any combination thereof can be formed on for example a monolithic substrate alternatively each element or any combination thereof can be any suitable type of electrical or electronic component or device that is capable of performing the functions associated with the respective element according to such an alternative exemplary embodiment each component or device can be in communication with another component or device using any appropriate type of electrical connection that is capable of carrying electrical information the memory 145 can be any type of computer memory or any other type of electronic storage medium that is located either internally or externally to the systems 100 and 200 such as for example read only memory rom random access memory ram cache memory compact disc read only memory cdrom electro optical memory magneto optical memory or the like fig3 is a flowchart illustrating steps for modifying output power in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention in step 305 an input signal is amplified in step 310 the power of an output of step 305 is amplified in step 315 the gain of step 305 is controlled step 315 is responsive to step 305 in.