Abstract: The invention relates to an inverter, in particular, for the feeding of a discharge lamp, comprising a rectifier, a charging regulator with a charge inductor, a charging diode, a charging switch, as well as a charging condenser. An alternating voltage converter is provided with at least two alternately through-connected switches, designated as primary and secondary switches, which are in series connection parallel to the charging condenser. A simple control of the charging switch is provided with an automatic blocking of the charging switch upon disconnection of the alternating voltage converter. For this purpose the control of the charging switch by a square wave voltage is synchronized on one of the switches of the alternating voltage converter.

Abstract: An inverter with a dc-source has a charging condenser connected through a charging diode and a charging inductor to the dc-supply. A charging switch is periodically closed by a control component with a variable keying ratio to connect the charging inductor to the dc-supply. The inverter includes an AC voltage converter with two alternatingly controlled switches supplied with power by the charging condenser, hereinbelow identified as the primary switch and the secondary switch, which are in a series circuit in parallel with the charging condenser. In this arrangement, the control component for the charging switch of the charging regulator is synchronized with a square wave voltage at one of the switches of the alternating voltage converter. The charging switch operates at the same switching frequency as the alternating voltage converter.