Patent ID: 8817492

Claim:
A DC/DC converter, comprising: two input terminals configured to receive a DC input voltage; two output terminals configured to output a DC output voltage; an inverter configured to convert a DC voltage at its input into an AC voltage at its output; a rectifier connected to the output of the inverter at its input end and connected between a first one of the two input terminals and a first one of the two output terminals at its output end, wherein the rectifier is configured to convert an AC voltage applied to its input into a DC voltage between the first one of the two input terminals and the first one of the two output terminals; at least one galvanically isolating element arranged between the output of the inverter and the input of the rectifier, and a capacitance between the two output terminals, wherein the inverter is configured to convert a partial DC voltage drop with respect to a full DC voltage drop across the two input terminals across a capacitance between a second one of the two input terminals and a second one of the two output terminals, wherein the partial DC voltage drop is smaller than the full DC voltage drop across the two input terminals.