Systems and methods for a high-efficiency power converter incorporating a half-bridge topology with one or more an additional upper capacitor and a drain-source capacitor. The converter includes DC voltage terminals and a DC link capacitor coupled across a positive and negative DC terminal of the DC voltage terminals. The converter further includes a power switching element pair including a high side switch and a low side switch coupled together at a midpoint node. The converter further includes an LC filter having a switch-side inductor, a lower capacitor coupled between a second end of switch- side inductor and the negative DC terminal; and an upper capacitor coupled between the second end of the switch-side inductor and the positive DC terminal. The converter may further include drain-source capacitors coupled across the drain and source terminals of the switches.