CPC H02P 29/68 (2016.02) [B60L 50/51 (2019.02); H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/425 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. An electric drive system, comprising:
an inverter having a switch and a current sensor; and
a controller configured to reduce power output of the inverter while a temperature of the current sensor, predicted from a thermal equation given a sensed temperature of the switch, a sensed current output from the inverter, and values of parameters of the thermal equation obtained from a thermal model of the current sensor, being greater than a threshold.
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