Patent ID: 7599199

Claim:
A power converter including a full bridge, a transformer, and a rectifier circuit, wherein said power converter is configured to: receive a first control signal to control a state of a first high side switch coupled to a first path of said full bridge circuit; receive a second control signal to control a state of a second high side switch coupled to a second path of said full bridge circuit, said full bridge circuit coupled across a primary winding of said transformer; receive a third control signal to simultaneously control a state of a first low side switch coupled to said first path of said full bridge circuit and a state of a first rectifier switch of said rectifier circuit over an entire operating cycle, said first rectifier switch coupled to one end of a secondary winding of said transformer; and receive a fourth control signal to simultaneously control a state of a second low side switch coupled to said second path of said full bridge circuit and a state of a second rectifier switch of said rectifier circuit over said entire operating cycle, said second rectifier switch coupled to an opposite end of said secondary winding of said transformer.