Patent ID: 6999325

Claim:
A current/voltage converter arrangement comprising: first and second input terminals configured to receive a primary AC signal having an input frequency; an output region; a transformer device having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side having a primary inductance and first and second primary terminals, the secondary side having a secondary inductance; a first switch device coupled between the first input terminal and the first primary terminal, the first switch device having an off condition and an on condition, the first switch configured to conduct current in a first direction in the on condition; a second switch device coupled between the second input terminal and second primary terminal, the second switch device having an off condition and an on condition, the second switch configured to conduct current in a second direction in the on condition; a first bypass coupled in parallel with the first switch device, and a second bypass coupled in parallel with the second switch device, the first bypass operable to conduct current when the first switch is in an off condition, the second bypass operable to conduct current when the second switch is in an off condition; wherein the first switch device, the primary inductance of the transformer device, and the second switch device are connected in a serial sequence, and wherein the first switch device and the second switch device are provided in antiseries with respect to one another.