10/30/2006 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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RF Cafe: Engineering & science crossword puzzle

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1. CW signal onto which information is modulated, pl.

8. A BPF spec.

10. RF engineer's degree

11. The first popular spreadsheet application, with 123

13. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

14. Surge protector vendor in Miami, FL

15. Chemical symbol for radon

16. Exponent that returns the original number

17. Related to FM by a differential

18. Logic gate

19. Programmable Logic Device

20. Chemical symbol for cadmium

21. Unit of admittance

22. Chemical symbol for radium

23. 1/366th of a leap year

24. Same as 21 Down

25. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

27. us/1000

28. End Of Transmission

29. Defense contractor in Ft. Wayne, IN

31. Test equipment manufacturer (now Agilent)

33. System On Chip

35. Cable television, abbr.

36. High-speed logic family

38. Morse Code for "from"

39. Silicon transistor type

40. Chemical symbol for krypton

41. Antenna gain unit, abbr.

42. Infrared, abbr.

43. Unit of time, abbr.

44. 3-phase transformer configuration

45. Type of flip-flop

46. Along with rods, makes up the retina

48. A conductor in a connector

49. Short for modulator/demodulator

50. RF passive device manufacturer in Bay Shore, NY

51. Chemical symbol for neon

52. Half of the root of "compander"

DOWN

1. 4 GHz to 8 GHz

2. Mechanical engineering group, abbr.

3. Positive voltage lead color

4. One component of a complex number, abbr.

5. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

6. The spinning part of a motor, pl.

7. Units of solid angles

9. Ham term for the local Ham Radio Dealer, 2 wds.

12. Electrical safety organization, abbr.

14. Logic family

15. RF computer network

16. Geometrical name for a three dimensional solid having eight plane faces

17. Semiconductor that reacts to light

19. Chemical symbol for palladium

21. Plural of 21 Down

24. Akin to an EE, CE or AE

26. Web page language, abbr.

30. Boob tube

32. Substrate for mounting components, pl.

34. Thin-film hybrid and discrete microwave and millimeter-wave components vendor in Sunnyvale, CA

35. Parallel processing computer brain, pl.

37. Chemical symbol for lithium

40. A type of high temperature insulation

44. Electrical conductor

46. Chemical symbol for cobalt

47. Electromagnetic Pulse

48. Attenuator

50. Army-Navy spec.


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