Doherty Feed-Forward Amplifier Performance Using a Novel Crest Factor Reduction Technique

This letter describes a novel iterative crest factor reduction (CFR) technique applied to a Doherty feedforward linear power amplifier (DFFLPA). This novel CFR technique is based on repeated peak cancellations and uses a scaling factor to reduce complexity. According to our results, only three iterations result in over 4-dB reduction for a two carrier WCDMA signal. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm was able to enhance the DFFLPA system efficiency from 11.5% to 18.3%