April 18, 2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

 

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle 4/18/2010

ACROSS

1. The stuff in the solder core

6. Network device that takes commands from another similar device (pl.)

11. Chemical symbol for francium

12. Noise source and measurement company in Parsippany, NJ

13. Chemical symbol for europium

14. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

16. Join a male and a female connector

17. Applies a lubricant

19. Forerunner to NASA

21. Electrical conductor

23. Type of logic gate

25. Network department (abbr.)

27. A capacitor figure of merit (abbr.)

29. Band between RF and BB

30. Specify system parameters

31. Chemical symbol for calcium

32. Chemical symbol for cadmium

33. Opposite of I.D.

34. Internet protocol (abbr.)

35. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

37. PC follower

38. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)

42. A crescent shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two intersecting arcs

44. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr.)

45. Ground fault interrupter (abbr., pl.)

46. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)

48. Common solder composition (pre-lead-free, abbr.)

51. Galilean moon

52. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

54. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"

56. Unit of time (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for cobalt

58. Bandwidth (abbr.)

59. High-temp wire insulation

60. Chemical symbol for silicon

61. Exponent that returns the original number

63. Weight (abbr.)

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

65. Inductor

68. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)

70. Microwave products supplier in San Jose, CA

71. Unit of resistance (pl.)

72. Open a fuse

73. Chemical symbol for californium

75. The "E" in laser

78. 1e3 uV

79. RF connector & cable vendor located in Farmingdale, NY

80. Transfer charge w/o physical contact

DOWN

1. Designers and manufacturers of turnkey and custom solutions for RF telecom equipment, in Corona, CA

2. Chemical symbol for erbium

3. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"

4. Chemical symbol for nobelium

5. Greek letter, used to indicate summation

6. Threaded fastener

7. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

8. Amateur Teleprinter Over Radio (abbr.)

9. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

10. PCB material

15. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

18. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

20. Computer Assisted Design and Development

22. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

24. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)

25. Power amplifier & antenna company in Ronkonkoma, NY (3-letter abbr.)

26. End of soldering iron

28. Move in a raster pattern

33. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

36. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock (pl.)

39. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

40. Logical negation operator

41. Metric system (abbr.)

43. Upper Sideband (abbr.)

46. A number series that has each number equal to the sum of the two previous numbers

47. One type of electron spin

49. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)

50. Noise diode & TE manufacturer in East Hanover, NJ

53. European spectrum allocation agency (abbr.)

54. RF switch & attenuator manufacturer located in Indianapolis, IN

55. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

56. Balun with both ports unbalanced

62. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

64. 1/000 of an inch

66. Just entering the nonlinear region

67. A concern of Boolean equations

68. Computer character set (abbr.)

69. 2 GHz to 4 GHz

74. Start frequency (abbr.)

76. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

77. Switch position

78. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)


See solution below

RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle 4/18/2010 solution