August 2, 2009 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe  - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Semiconductor company based in Norwood, MA (2wd.)

7. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

9. Bands between RF and baseband

11. Characters Per Inch

12. Switch position

13. Counter ElectroMotive Force

15. Chemical symbol for aluminum

17. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element

20. Opposite of O.D.

21. Adjust a pot

23. Chemical symbol for strontium

24. Data transmission pathway

26. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.

29. Type of electrical wire insulation

30. Electical-to-mechanical energy converters

32. Oscillator crystal substance

34. Radio Frequency Interference, abbr.

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

37. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

38. What is a line on a map which joins points of equal pressure

42. Chemical symbol for beryllium

44. Unintentionally changes the oscillator frequency

48. Basic element

51. Color quality

52. Basis for decibels, abbr.

54. 12 inches, pl.

55. Lunar 'seas'

57. Chemical symbol for tantalum

58. A flip-flop input

60. Japanese semiconductor & equipment manufacturer

62. Low Noise Amplifier

64. Charged particle

66. EM simulation & EDA software company, based in Fremont, CA

69. Electromagnetics software vendor

72. Type of data storage IC

74. Started as HPIB

76. Be behind in phase

77. Integrated circuit, abbr.

79. Unit of weight

80. Chemical symbol for bismuth

81. Low- to mid- frequency connectors

83. Chemical symbol for cesium

84. RF integrated circuit

87. Part of this website's title

88. Direct Memory Access

90. Greek letter

91. Chemical symbol for francium

92. Ionized trails of meteors used as a reflecting media, 2 wds.

DOWN

1. Provider of services for telecommunications systems in Switzerland

2. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region

3. Global Positioning System

4. SIPS x 2

5. Aircraft navigation system

6. One port of an amplifier

7. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

8. Decimeter, abbr.

9. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)

10. Cell phone & wireless RF device manufacturer in Woburn, MA

13. CDMA Development Group, abbr.

14. A final surface coating

15. Multivibrator type

16. Constellation : The lion

18. Automatic repeat request used in AMTOR

19. First man to orbit the earth - ... Gagarin

22. Total radiated power, abbr.

24. Stock symbol for Boeing

25. Produced when water boils?

27. Chemical symbol for argon

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

31. Half of a DIP

33. Greek letter

36. Maximum Usable Frequency

39. One port of an amplifier

40. Radio navigation reference signal, pl.

41. Type of power (I x E)

43. Electrical overstress, abbr.

45. Front edge of a wing, abbr.

46. Physicist after whom a law describing the direction of EMF and current resulting from induction is named

47. A strong metal alloy

49. Type of logic gate

50. 1/000 of an inch

53. He developed a "counter" for measuring radiation levels

56. Automatic network analyzer, abbr.

59. Uppermost surface

61. Encased in a protective covering

63. Antenna, abbr.

65. Chemical symbol for nickel

67. Chemical symbol for silver

68. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

70. System On Chip

71. Software device for tracking elapsed time

73. Software function selection mechanism

75. British Broadcasting Corporation

78. Imaging device, abbr., pl.

81. Beat Frequency Oscillator

82. Miniature RF connector

85. Femtofarad, abbr.

86. Infrared, abbr.

87. One component of a complex number, abbr.

89. A common battery cell size


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RF Cafe - Science & Engineering Crossword