ENCODING CHARACTERISTICS:
- Specifications apply over the entire operating temperature/voltage range.
 
- Values are for the worst error over full rotation.
 
- Refer to the timing diagram below.
 
| PARAMETER | 
SYMBOL | 
MIN. | 
TYP. | 
MAX. | 
UNITS | 
| Symmetry | 
X, Y | 
108 | 
 190 | 
252 | 
°e | 
| Quadrature  | 
Z | 
45 | 
 90 | 
135 | 
°e | 
| Index Pulse Width | 
Po | 
40 | 
 90 | 
135 | 
°e | 
| Ch. I Rise After Ch. B or Ch. A Fall | 
t1 | 
  | 
 -40 | 
  | 
ns | 
| Ch. I Fall After Ch. B or Ch. A Rise | 
t2 | 
  | 
 25 | 
  | 
ns | 
TIMING DIAGRAM:

CPI: The number of Cycles (C) of the A or B output Per Inch of linear strip movement.
CPR: The number of Cycles (C) of the A or B outputs Per Revolution.
Index (I): The index output goes high once per revolution, coincident with the low states of channels A and B, nominally 1/4 of one cycle (90 °e).
One Shaft Rotation: 360 mechanical degrees.
One Electrical Degree (°e): 1/360th of one cycle.
One Cycle: 360 electrical degrees (°e). Each cycle can be decoded into 1 or 4 states, referred to as X1 or X4 resolution multiplication.
PPR: The number of resolvable Positions Per Revolution of the encoder disk with x4 quadrature decoding.
Quadrature (Z): The phase lag or lead between channels A and B in electrical degrees, nominally 90 °e.
Symmetry: A measure of the relationship between (X) and (Y) in electrical degrees, nominally 180 °e.