Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

November 7, 2010

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle, 11/7/2010

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1. ________ Microwave, RF components & systems manufacturer w/HQ in Fairview, PA

4. Noise source and measurement company in Parsippany, NJ

8. Band between RF and BB

11. More than one XCVR

13. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)

15. 2 GHz to 4 GHz

18. Unit of resistance

19. Hybrid coupler vendor in East Syracuse, NY

20. Miniature RF connector

21. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for gallium

25. Keyboard key

27. RF ____, the world's best engineering website

28. Circuit configuration w/feedback (2 wds.)

31. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards (pl.)

34. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

36. It can follow an MS

38. Extremely high strength fiber used in explosion-proof enclosures & bullet-proof vests

41. ___ Test, new & reconditioned TE dealer in Apopka, FL

43. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

44. Mathematical transform for going between frequency and time domains

45. Audio Frequency Shift Keying (abbr.)

46. Superior magnetic shielding material

47. One type of electron spin

48. ___ Systems, high power Mil-Spec wireless networking amplifiers and RF systems, in East Orange, NJ

49. The "G" in GPS

50. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

51. Ham-ese for Young Lady

56. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

58. Stream of electrons

61. Type of transistor (abbr.)

62. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

64. Ratio of circumference to diameter

65. 3-phase transformer configuration

66. ELI the ICE ___

68. Powerful celestial radio source

71. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

72. LED manufacturer in Palatine, IL

73. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

74. Common Object Request Broker Service

76. Unit of time (abbr.)

78. Creating a code version of a semiconductor device

79. Geometrical body, similar to a prism, that has end faces which have the same number of sides but which are not equal

1. Chemical symbol for selenium

2. Integrate data onto a carrier wave

3. Short for terminal

5. Miniature RF connector

6. Constellation : The crab

7. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

8. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver's circuitry

9. Unit of capacitance

10. RFIC/MMIC design house in Milpitas, CA (4 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

12. 30 MHz to 300 MHz

13. Chemical symbol for manganese

14. European equivalent to the U.L.

16. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

17. Grouping of I/Q modulation vectors

21. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

22. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.)

24. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)

26. Sample group

29. _______ Microwave, SSPA manufacturer in Trenton, NJ; also a type of jet fighter

30. RF signal loss in a transmission line

32. A Ham's operating enclosure

33. Strong cable covering

35. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

36. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)

37. ___ Systems, high power Mil-Spec wireless networking amplifiers and RF systems, in East Orange, NJ

39. Variable Frequency Oscillator

40. Opposite of MSB

41. Manufacturer of project boxes

42. Semiconductor lamp

43. Direction of carbon fiber strands

52. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

53. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

54. Be behind in phase

55. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

57. British astronomer ... Halley

59. The LM741 was the first

60. The "D" in CD (pl.)

61. RF connector & cable connector manufacturer located in Taiwan

63. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

65. BER, 8 bits at a time

67. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong

69. Unit of time (abbr.)

70. Chemical symbol for arsenic

71. Charged particles

75. Unit of length (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for cadmium


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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle Solution, 11/7/2010