Difference between boost inductor and flyback inductor?

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What is the difference between a boost inductor and a flyback inductor?
 
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hobbs125 said:
What is the difference between a boost inductor and a flyback inductor?

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And you normally need a transformer for flyback operation...
 
A boost inductor is a two terminal inductor.

A flyback inductor is a four terminal device. It consists of a two terminal inductor with an ideal transformer connected across it.

You magnetize it just like a boost inductor. But when the inductor demagnetizes, it does it through the transformer allowing you to provide isolation and transformation.