11/17/2008 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe: Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

4. Inadvertent impression of a signal onto an adjacent conductor, 2 wds.

13. Test document for verifying proper function, abbr.

16. RF component supplier (now L3-COM)

17. Short Message Service

18. Charged particle

19. Proportion of two numbers

20. CDMA Development Group, abbr.

21. Last stage in a transmitter, abbr.

22. _____-wise linear

25. Chemical symbol for silicon

26. Organization for former military members

27. Opposite of O.D.

28. 1e-6 mA

29. Prefix used on many MIL-SPEC components

30. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band

32. Logarithmic ratio

34. Chemical symbol for iron

35. Type of data conversion device, abbr., pl.

37. Carrier-to-noise ratio

39. BlackBerry or Jordana for example, abbr., pl.

41. Electromagnetic compatibility, abbr.

43. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY, abbr.

45. PCB interconnect

47. Instruments for Industry, Ronkonkoma, NY, abbr.

48. Intermodulation distortion, abbr.

50. Logical negation operator

51. End of soldering iron

52. Software function selection mechanisms

53. Silicon transistor type

54. Greek letter

55. Move in a raster pattern

58. Online service

60. Miniature threaded RF connectors

62. A common battery cell size

64. Army-Navy spec

65. Precision landing system, abbr.

67. Powers pneumatic devices

69. Chemical symbol for europium

70. Ratio of circumference to diameter

71. Be behind in phase

73. Chemical symbol for cesium

74. Trans European Trunked RAdio

76. PC follower

77. Software drafting tool, abbr.

78. A complete set of data bits in a stream

79. Negative temperature coefficient, abbr.

81. Radio Direction Finding

84. Symbol of the U.S.A.

85. ELI the ICE ___

86. The "S" in CMOS

87. Automatic Send-Receive

 

DOWN

1. Unintentional frequency modulation on an AM signal, 2 wds.

2. Computer Assisted Design and Development

3. Unit of energy

4. Abilities to store a charges

5. Unix, Linux or Windows

6. Surface mount, abbr.

7. Solid state PA

8. Exponent that returns the original number

9. Chart types

10. Local Oscillator

11. One port of an amplifier

12. Test equipment that causes a meter decrease (dip) when near resonant circuits, 3 wds.

13. Amateur Television

14. Image file format name extension

15. Signal splitter providing an impedance-controlled single input port and multiple output ports, 2 wds.

23. Grow in amplitude

24. Round

28. Chemical symbol for neodymium

29. Type of flip flop

31. 1/000 of an amp

33. Stock symbol for Boeing

35. Advanced Communication Technologies and Services

36. Quantum electron property

38. 10^-9 numerical prefix

39. Circuits for firing magnetrons

40. Halves of DIP's

42. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

44. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform

45. Chemical symbol for thulium

46. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

47. Internet protocol, abbr.

49. 1E6 nanoseconds

56. Chemical symbol for calcium

57. Chemical symbol for bismuth

59. Chemical symbol for bromine

61. Chemical symbol for gold

63. RF passive device manufacturer in Bay Shore, NY

66. Type of high frequency circuit substrate, abbr.

68. International Amateur Radio Union

70. Programmable logic device, abbr., pl.

72. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

75. Add solder to tip of iron

77. Column Grid Array, abbr.

79. Home state of Los Alamos lab

80. Semiconductor and calculator company, abbr.

82. Type of current

83. Foot, abbr.


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