The invention relates to a converter for converting a DC voltage UBat into an output direct voltage Uout, in particular in TV or computer screens. The converter comprises a full-bridge circuit 7 for chopping the DC voltage UBar into an AC voltage U~ on its output and a switching circuit 3 for converting the AC voltage U~ into the output direct voltage Uout of the converter. The converter further comprises a control circuit 5 for generating control signals to drive controllable switching elements S1 . . . S4 in the full-bridge circuit. The problem for the invention is to further develop such aconverter so that the output voltage Uout generated by it remains stable even during a switching of the full-bridge circuit between two operating modes. This problem is solved by the invention in thatthe control circuit 5 only carries out this switching during a dead time interval ttot, during which at least one of the switching elements S1 . . . S4 is switched off.