7/29/2008 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe: Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Chemically react to harden

4. Unit of capacitance

9. Integrated Services Digital Network

13. A compiler directive

14. 1/60 of a minute of angular measurement, pl.

15. Low Noise Amplifier

16. Light ray

17. Attenuator topology, pl.

18. Move from cell to cell

20. Common average used for sinewaves, abbr.

22. Solid state relay vendor located in San Diego, CA

25. Summers

27. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

28. The design component of total product cost, abbr.

29. Common mode ripple rejection, abbr.

32. Electromagnetic radiation in the visible band

35. Substrate for mounting component, abbr., pl.

39. Multivibrator type

40. Number or digital inputs that an output can drive, pl.

41. Unit of volume

42. Metric length unit

44. A length of transmission line that is open or shorted at one end

45. Electronics Industry Association

47. Electromagnetic interference, abbr.

49. A listing of the conditions of the Earth's magnetic field as measured at Boulder, CO

51. The ringed planet

54. Modem encoding method

56. Same as 9 Across

58. Type of high-tech data gathering system, abbr.

60. Thin layer of material deposited a surface

62. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce, abbr.

63. Digital algebra

64. Test Operating Procedure, abbr.

65. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers

66. O-scope time base action

67. Class of spread spectrum, abbr.

DOWN

1. A 3rd-order polynomial

2. A compiler directive

3. Polling line state

4. Field Effect Transistor

5. Adjacent Channel Power Ratio

6. Moving from cell to cell

7. Boolean expression, pl.

8. Direct Digital Synthesis

10. Rise over run, 1st derivative

11. Motorola's "Digital ___"

12. Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System

19. Online service

21. High Data Rate

23. Adjusted the specification for temperature

24. Connector supplier in Oyster Bay, NY

25. Alternative name for Alpha Scorpii

26. Leave a film on a surface

29. Abbreviation for capacitor

30. Degree of IC sophistication

31. Stock symbol for Raytheon

33. Institute of Electrical Engineers (U.K)

34. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics, abbr.

36. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

37. Unit of heat

38. Half of DSB

43. _______ strength - measure of resistance from breaking

46. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

48. ELI the ICE ___

49. Connector vendor headquartered in Bristol, PA

50. Current summing point, pl.

52. Volts, meters, pints, pounds, eg.

53. Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System

54. What current is said to do

55. Sharp bend in I-V curve

57. Miniature RF connector

58. Electrical overstress, abbr.

59. Transformer interwinding connection

61. Line of Sight; Linux Operating System


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