3/24/2003 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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 RF Cafe: Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Idea

5 Half of HP

9 Bands between RF and baseband

10 Radar display, abbr.

12 Genetic material

13 Just below µW

14 A power amplifier quality spec, abbr.

17 Pulses Per Second

20 Modulation type

21 The Greek astronomer who was the first to state that the earth revolves around the sun

25 1/000 of an amp

26 Rows of code

27 __D, next after BS

28 Spiral helix in biology

30 Filter type

31 Time delay, abbr.

33 Symbol for tin

34 Internet address

36 Logic gate

37 World's only remaining superpower

38 What most design projects are over

39 MS database

40 Integrated circuit

41 Electrical safety organization

42 CDMA Development Group, abbr.

44 Chemical symbol for arsenic

45 Type of current flow

47 Current-voltage phase mnemonic

48 Family of TTL logic

50 Component of product cost

51 RF attenuator vendor in Dominquez, CA

55 Band between RF and baseband

56 Voltage waveform overshoot-to-average term

59 Army-Navy spec

61 Miniature RF connector

62 Reverse Polish Notation

63 Test equipment manufacturer

64 Gun safety and education organization

66 DSB/2

68 Greek letter

69 Being pulled from both ends

70 Types of memories

DOWN

1 Closed current loop

2 Switch position

3 Unit of time

4 Test point

5 Ratio of circumference to diameter

6 Analog-to-digital

7 Genetic material

8 Overstresses a component

11 Like a vector without direction

14 These convert between electrical and mechanical data

15 Opposite of a LO

16 Digital Subscriber Line

17 Personal communication system

18 Unit of acidity

19 Spurious signal reduction

21 Microelectronics manufacturer

22 Semiconductor and calculator company

23 Component of product cost

24 3 GHz to 30 GHz

29 Has units of radians

30 One possible GPIB front panel control setting

32 Relative power level unit

34 Just fill in "UTC"

35 Be behind in phase

37 World's only remaining superpower

40 Semiconductor doping action

43 Changes value over time or temp

46 Second brightest star

47 RF resistor vendor in Boone, NC

49 Maker of quality spectrum analyzers in Wichita, Kansas

51 FM spectrum characteristic

52 PC follower

53 Super glue, abbr.

54 Optical Character Recognition

57 Electromagnetic, abbr.

58 Test point

60 Component of product cost

63 Amateur radio enthusiast

65 Army-Navy spec

66 Symbol for tin

67 Chemical symbol for beryllium

68 GO__, a BASIC reserved word


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