Uses driven-type converter in which signal source is simple two-transistor oscillator Q1-Q2. Turn-on delay technique eliminates overlap current otherwise flowing in 2N1016 push-pull power transistors Q5 and Q6 when one is still on in storage state while other is driven on. Efficiency can approach 90%. Q3 and Q4 prevent off transistor from conducting until opposite device has turned off. Values for T2, CR3, and CR4 in output circuit are chosen to give desired DC output voltage.—R. F. Downs, Minimize Overlap to Maximize Efficiency in Saturated Push-Pull Circuits, EDN|EEE Magazine, Feb. 1, 1972, p 48-50.
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