Three different configurations that an L6561-based flyback converter can assume have been identified. They are illustrated in fig. 1. Configurations a) and b) are basically conventional flyback converters. The former works in TM (Transition Mode, i.e. on the boundarybetween continuous and discontinuous inductor current mode), therefore at a frequency depending on both input voltage and output current. The latter works at a fixed frequency, imposed by the synchronisation signal, and is therefore completely equivalent to a flyback converter based on a standardPWM controller.