Patent ID: 8576596

Claim:
A voltage converter, the voltage converter comprising: a transformer, wherein the transformer includes a first winding and a second winding, and wherein a voltage is periodically applied to the first winding through control of four transistors; a first of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to a first end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a first duty cycle controlled clock; a second of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to a second end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a second duty cycle controlled clock; a third of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a second pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to the first end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a third duty cycle controlled clock; a fourth of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a second pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to the second end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a fourth duty cycle controlled clock; and a clock generator, wherein the clock generator is operable to assure that there is no overlap between assertion of the first duty cycle controlled clock and the third duty cycle controlled clock, no overlap between assertion of the second duty cycle controlled clock and the fourth duty cycle controlled clock, and overlap between the third duty cycle controlled clock and the fourth duty cycle controlled clock, wherein at least one duty cycle clock is implemented by varying an OFF time of the clock where a maximum OFF time occurs when a load coupled to the transformer is substantially zero and a minimum OFF time occurs once the load exceeds a predetermined threshold, and wherein the overlap adjusts as a function of the OFF time.