A system having: a digital pre-distortion circuit fed by a digital signal for distorting the digital signal; a digital to analog converter (DAC) core section coupled to an output of the calibration circuit for converting the distorted digital signal into a corresponding analog signal, the DAC core section performing the conversion in accordance with a control signal fed to the DAC core section; a power amplifier (PA) section coupled to an output of the DAC core section for amplifying power in the analog signal; and a calibration circuit coupled to the output of the power amplifier for producing, in response to the power in the power amplified analog signal, the control signal for the DAC core section.