Resolver
The number of sine and cosine periods per revolution corresponds to the number of pole pairs of the resolver. In the case of a 2-pole resolver, the evaluation electronics may output an additional zero pulse per encoder revolution. This zero pulse ensures a unique assignment of the position information in relation to an encoder revolution. A 2-pole resolver can therefore be used as a single-turn encoder.
2-pole resolvers can be used for motors with any number of poles. With multi-pole resolvers, the pole pair numbers of the motor and the resolver are always identical, so that the resolution is correspondingly higher than with 2-pole resolvers.