A switched mode power supply (SMPS) comprising: a DC bus supplied by a power input relative to a circuit ground; a first transformer with a primary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a secondary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the primary winding being connected to the DC bus and the first terminal of the secondary winding connected to an output; a second transformer with a primary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a secondary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the first transformer and the first terminal of the secondary winding connected to an output; a first switching device having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the first switching device directly connected to the first terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer and the second terminal of the first switching device directly connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer; a second switching device having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the second switching device connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer and the second terminal of the second switching device connected to the circuit ground; a snubber and hold up circuit having a diode and a holdup capacitor connected in series, wherein an anode of the diode is connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer and a cathode of the diode is connected to a first terminal of the holdup capacitor and a second terminal of the holdup capacitor is connected to the circuit ground; a first control circuit connected to a control input of the first switching device; a second control circuit connected to a control input of the second switching device, wherein an output of the second control circuit is operably connected to the first control circuit and the output of the first control circuit is based at least in part on the output of the second control circuit; a delay block coupled to the first control circuit and the second control circuit, wherein the delay block is configured to delay switching OFF the first switching device when the second switching device is OFF. a DC bus supplied by a power input relative to a circuit ground; a first transformer with a primary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a secondary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the primary winding being connected to the DC bus and the first terminal of the secondary winding connected to an output; a second transformer with a primary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a secondary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the first transformer and the first terminal of the secondary winding connected to an output; a first switching device having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the first switching device directly connected to the first terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer and the second terminal of the first switching device directly connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer; a second switching device having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the second switching device connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer and the second terminal of the second switching device connected to the circuit ground; a snubber and hold up circuit having a diode and a holdup capacitor connected in series, wherein an anode of the diode is connected to the second terminal of the primary winding of the second transformer and a cathode of the diode is connected to a first terminal of the holdup capacitor and a second terminal of the holdup capacitor is connected to the circuit ground; a first control circuit connected to a control input of the first switching device; a second control circuit connected to a control input of the second switching device, wherein an output of the second control circuit is operably connected to the first control circuit and the output of the first control circuit is based at least in part on the output of the second control circuit; a delay block coupled to the first control circuit and the second control circuit, wherein the delay block is configured to delay switching OFF the first switching device when the second switching device is OFF.