The invention relates to a two-stage clocked
electronic energy converter (20) for converting an
electric power, comprising a first connection (38, 40) for connecting an electrical
energy source, a second connection (42, 44) for connecting a
consumer (46) and a DC link
capacitor (28), wherein a first stage (1) of the two-stage clocked
electronic energy converter (20) has a first converter in the boost operating mode which converts an electric
voltage at the first connection (38, 40) into an electric
DC link voltage at the DC link
capacitor (28), and wherein the DC link
capacitor (28) supplies a second stage (2) of the two-stage clocked
electronic energy converter (20), said second stage supplying electrical energy to the
consumer (46) in power-controllable fashion. In accordance with the invention, the
energy converter has a
control unit which is designed to set the power drawn from the DC link capacitor (28) by the second stage (2) such that an instantaneous minimum of the
DC link voltage, which instantaneous minimum is effected by the
power consumption, is greater than a preset
voltage comparison value (50, 54).