The present invention provides a universal convertor based on a mixed type switch. The convertor circuit which is adapted to form a series of new switch power supply convertors almost having no energy saving ability only adopts a spot of all-controlled switches, and common thyristors. Devices derived from the present invention are: a reactive power compensator of electrical power grid, an active electric power filter, a sine inverter, a quasi-square wave inverter, an AC-DC transducer working in four quadrants, a bidirectional AC-DC-AC sine wave transducer, controllable rectifier having a power factor approximating to 1 and the content of harmonic wave approximating to 0, etc. The universal convertor can be applied widely in the fields of power supply of electric automobile, frequency and speed control, electric traction, uninterruption power sources, new energy convertor, electrochemistry power supply, medium frequency power supply, electrical energy quality improvement of electric power system. The device in the present invention has advantages of excellent electric property, reduced material cost, volume and weight, harmonic waves that are almost eliminated comparing to the common technology, and has a high value of application and generalizing.