7/3/2008 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe: Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Started as HPIB

5. Elementary particles

10. What current is said to do

12. Image file format name extension

13. Powers pneumatic devices

15. Integrated circuit, abbr.

17. Semiconductor On Insulator, abbr.

18. Directions for verifying proper function, abbr.

19. Junk e-mail

21. Spurious RF products created by metal joints, abbr.

23. Chemical symbol for thallium

24. Adjust a pot

25. Mechanical engineering group, abbr.

26. Workplace safety group, abbr.

28. Chemical symbol for erbium

29. Dropped below the dew point

31. Switch configuration, abbr.

34. Factors of ten

36. Mates to plugs

40. On a waveform, a _____ min or max

41. Plane geometric figure having eight straight sides

43. Increase voltage linearly

44. Its chemical symbol is Nd

49. Unit of time, abbr.

50. Type of data storage IC, abbr.

52. Transportation accident investigation agency, abbr.

56. Negative temperature coefficient, abbr.

57. Network department, abbr.

59. Line of Sight

60. BASIC program command

61. Amateur Radio Association

62. Nordic Mobile Telephone

64. Chemical symbol for neon

65. Attenuator

66. Telex-Over-Radio

67. Online auction site

69. The stuff in the solder core

70. Switch configuration, abbr.

DOWN

2. Unit of capacitance, abbr.

3. Precision landing system, abbr.

4. Turn on the computer

5. Created an efficient microstrip corner shape

6. Ultra Fine Pitch Technology, abbr.

7. American space agency, abbr.

8. Halves of DIP's

9. High power density battery chemistry, abbr.

11. Type of microstrip power divider

12. State of matter, pl.

14. Type of memory

16. Complex Instruction Set Computer

20. Transitions from solid to liquid phase

22. Unit of admittance

27. Army-Navy spec

30. Device for slowing down signals

31. Type of data conversion device, abbr.

32. BlackBerry or Jordana for example, abbr.

33. Keyboard key

35. Chemical symbol for cobalt

36. Amplifier company now owned by Endwave

37. Atmosphere, abbr.

38. Civil Air Patrol

39. Mass unit, abbr.

41. Using a logical connection scheme for redundant power supplies

42. Uncharged atomic particle

45. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

46. Internet protocol, abbr.

47. Internet address, abbr.

48. Earth's natural satellite

51. BSEE + 2 years

53. Test Operating Procedure, abbr.

54. Network configuration

55. Frequency vs. amplitude plot

56. Stock symbol for National Instruments

58. Miniature RF connector

63. Transformer interwinding connection

68. Yard, abbr.


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