A system and a method are disclosed for providing a highly efficient wide
bandwidth power supply for a power amplifier. A power supply control
circuit of the invention comprises a wide bandwidth low drop out (LDO)
circuit and a highly efficient switcher circuit. The switcher circuit
comprises a switcher control circuit that receives an I.sub.LDO current
signal from the low drop out (LDO) circuit and an I.sub.SWITCHER current
signal from the switcher circuit. The switcher control circuit uses the
I.sub.LDO value and the I.sub.SWITCHER value to control an amount of
current that is provided by the switcher circuit. The I.sub.LDO current
from the low drop out (LDO) circuit and the I.sub.SWITCHER current from
the switcher circuit are used to control a supply voltage V.sub.CC that
is provided to a power amplifier.