A high-frequency ac-dc power converter takes an input ac signal and converts it to an output dc signal. The converter has at least two front-end rectifier diodes arranged as a full wave rectifier of the input ac signal. A first inductor positioned at the output of the full wave rectifier. An output capacitor is connected across a load for the converter. There are at least one additional inductor and one additional capacitor. A switching circuit selectively forms different (LC) resonant circuits with the inductors and capacitors during a cycle of the input ac signal to form a dc-dc power converter.