All of the DC/DC boost converters that I am aware of use inductors to transform low voltage to high voltage. It's technically pulse-width-modulated DC instead o

All of the DC/DC boost converters that I am aware of use inductors to transform low voltage to high voltage. It's technically pulse-width-modulated DC instead of AC but there isn't a lot of difference between the operation of a boost converter and the operation of a high frequency inverter.