An AC-DC converter with secondary side control and synchronous rectifier (SR) architecture and method for operating the same are provided for reducing the cost, complexity and size of the converter while improving efficiency. Generally, the secondary side controller includes a zero-crossing detector block, a negative-sensing block, a peak-detector block and a line-feed-forward block integrated in an integrated circuit (IC), and coupled to a secondary side of the converter through a single SR-sense (SR_SNS) pin through which the IC is coupled to a drain of the SR. The single SR_SNS pin has a maximum input voltage less than a rectified AC input voltage input to a secondary side of the converter, and, in one embodiment, is coupled to the drain of the SR through a voltage divider circuit including circuit elements both internal and external to the IC along with a rectifier element in series with the internal resistor.