A modulated power supply comprises first and second coding units. The second
coding
unit is responsive to a feed-forward error signal representing the error between
the coded output of the first coding unit and an input modulating signal. The second
coding unit codes for the more limited range of the error signal, thereby improving
resolution. The first coding unit can comprise M coding units arranged in parallel
with one another. The M coding units are operated in a manner which increases the
apparent number of quantisation levels. This is achieved by feeding a modified
version of the input modulating signal to each of the M coding units or by offsetting
by quantisation grids of the M coding units. The improvements are particularly
useful for improving performance where the input modulating signal has a wide bandwidth.