8/8/2008 Engineering Crossword Puzzle


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ACROSS

1. Special diode that can be switched, abbr.

4. Unit of power

8. Its chemical symbol is Ar

10. Ceramic Dual Inline Package

12. Chemical symbol for gallium

13. Surface Mount Technology

15. Electronic warfare defense, abbr.

16. Shorthand for oxygen

18. Common plastic, abbr.

20. Electric coronal discharge

23. Abbreviation for "power"

24. Half of a DIP

25. One port on a BJT, pl.

26. Finite Element Analysis, abbr.

27. Class of spread spectrum, abbr.

30. Unit of inductance

32. Test equipment manufacturer

33. Government program to bring electricity to farms, abbr.

34. Permeability-Tuned Oscillator

36. Type of clip

37. Molecular building blocks

39. Loose end of a cable

42. Software engineering tool, abbr.

43. Power supply manufacturer in Irving, TX

46. Minutes of Use

48. Big Blue

49. Connector vendor headquartered in Bristol, PA

50. 10^1 numerical prefix, pl.

51. Chemical symbol for aluminum

52. Directions for verifying proper function, abbr.

54. Amateur radio enthusiast

57. 10^1 numerical prefix

58. Galilean moon

60. Length times width, pl.

62. International phonetic alphabet letter "P"

63. Bluetooth modules & ICs vendor in Richardson, TX

DOWN

1. Chemical symbol for strontium

2. Metric system, abbr.

3. Type of memory

4. Sets of 5 work days

5. Flash, caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor

6. Time Division Multiplexing

7. Semiconductor and calculator company, abbr.

8. Heat sink vendor in Laconia, NH

9. Transportation accident investigation agency, abbr.

11. Physical quantity defined as being the work done per unit time, pl.

12. World's first satellite navigation system

14. One state of matter

17. Form of radiation first observed by the German physicist Roentgen

19. Hz

21. Online parts search utility

22. Phenomenon which causes an object to vibrate in the presence of sound at a particular frequency

23. Circuit for firing a magnetron, abbr.

28. Produced when water boils?

29. Physical barrier, pl.

30. Common test for verifying high voltage tolerance w/o breakdown

31. The "E" in EHF

35. In equilibrium

37. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter

38. Original Equipment Manufacturer

40. Intermodulation distortion, abbr.

41. Terminations

43. Greek letter

44. Type of chart

45. Workplace safety group, abbr.

47. World's only remaining superpower, abbr.

52. Amateur Radio Association

53. Test Operating Procedure, abbr.

55. Portion of a circle

56. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

59. One type of electron spin

61. Chemical symbol for argon


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