This paper suggests the drive characteristics of a Switched Reluctance Motor(SRM) by 2-phase excitation method. T This scheme excites 2 phases simultaneously, which is similar to 2-phase excitation method of a step motor. In this s scheme. the torque is produced by mutual inductances as well as self inductances. The abrupt change of a phase e excitation produces mechanical stresses and it results in vibration and noise. The acoustic noise is reduced remarkably t through the sequential phase excitation in the 2-phase excitation. Operational principle and characteristic comp없1son t to that of the conventional SRM show that this excitation scheme has some advantages including torque ripple and n noise reduction.