1/2/2008 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe: Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS

2. Bridge circuit used for accurate electrical measurements

9. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672

12. Chemical symbol for francium

13. Miniature threaded RF connector

14. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers

16. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

17. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

18. Switch position

20. Test Point

21. Beat Frequency Oscillator

22. Official Space Shuttle designation

23. U.S. equivalent of GLONASS

25. Type of filter response

28. First electronic digital computer

30. Error checking scheme, abbr.

32. Greek letter

33. Sent a telegram

36. Type of current flow

37. Opposite of O.D.

39. Fifth series in the spectrum of hydrogen

40. IC killer

42. Person responsible for program spending, abbr.

44. Implements

46. What impedance does to the right of center of the Smith Chart

50. Satellite TV system, abbr.

51. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

52. High-speed logic family

53. Chemical symbol for rubidium

55. Integrated Circuit

56. Chemical symbol for gallium

57. Cause gears to stop turning

58. Solid State Power Amplifier

60. Attenuator

61. Coefficient of Temperature

62. He developed the Polaroid camera

63. Digital domain equivalent of the Fourier Transform

DOWN

1. The study of materials at very low temperatures

3. High Frequency Electronics magazine, abbr.

4. Chemical symbol for erbium

5. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package

6. Surface Mount Technology

7. Chemical symbol for tantalum

8. Logic gates

10. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

11. Logic family, abbr.

15. The "S" in ASIC

16. Radio Frequency Interference

17. Type of high frequency circuit substrate, abbr.

19. Silicon transistor type

21. Describes an open fuse

22. Chemical symbol for silicon

24. Half of a DIP

26. High frequency speakers

27. (Repeater Term) A code to activate a repeater function e.g. auto patch, link etc., 2 wds

29. Application Service Provider, abbr.

31. Chemical symbol for radium

34. Theoretical

35. Digital Storage Oscilloscope

38. 10^1 numerical prefix

41. U.S. military organization, abbr.

43. Type of dielectric used in trimmer capacitors

45. Family of TTL logic

47. Chemical symbol for neon

48. Performs a disk operation

49. Electronic warfare defense, abbr.

51. Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor

54. New type of Internet delivery medium - a Ham's nemesis, abbr.

57. Semiconductor designator prefix for Mil-Spec devices

58. Special diode that can be switched, abbr.

59. A common battery cell size

60. Last stage in a transmitter, abbr.

61. Part of a FOR loop


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