Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

July 18, 2010

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

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RF Cafe - Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle - 7-18-2010

ACROSS

1. Stock symbol for Conexant

4. PCB fabricator in Baltimore, MD - also the brightest star in Canis Minor

9. Form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules

12. Chemical symbol for rubidium

14. 1E6 nanoseconds

15. Chemical symbol for lithium

16. Greek letter

18. Branch of physics dealing with objects in motion

23. _________ Microwave, I/Q & SSB mixer products vendor in Bloomington, IN

28. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

29. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

32. Frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images (2 wds.)

37. Amplifier terminal

40. Type of transistor (abbr., pl.)

42. Amplifier Solutions Corporation, located in Colmar, PA (abbr.)

45. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

47. Digital voltmeter (abbr.)

49. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

51. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

52. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

53. ELI the ICE ___

54. American Microwave Corporation (abbr).

55. Microprocessor vendor

59. Capacitor vendor in Greenville, SC

62. RF/microwave software vendor in Norcross, GA (now owned by Agilent)

68. Attenuator

70. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

73. _________ University Press, technical book publisher

76. Brightness of a star

79. Test equipment (abbr.)

80. Centimeter (abbr.)

82. Boob tube (abbr.)

83. Army-Navy specification prefix

84. Mate to a bolt, pl.

85. Concentric cable type

86. Sudden, brief increase in wind speed

DOWN

2. ___, manufacturer of custom RF & microwave filters, Overland Park, KS (abbr.)

3. Follow a target on radar

5. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

6. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

7. Ham-ese for Young Lady

8. Output intercept point (abbr.)

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

10. A common battery cell size

11. Unit of length (abbr.)

13. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

16. Amateurese for "wife"

17. Morse Code for "from"

19. Chemical symbol for europium

20. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

21. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

22. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."

24. One port of an amplifier

25. Chemical symbol for mercury

26. Chemical symbol for antimony

27. ________ Microwave, passive RF component manufacturer in Fairview, TX

30. Portable storage format for personal computers

31. Greek letter used for frequency

32. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

33. ______ Devices, IC manufacturer headquartered in Norwood, MA

34. Colorado city

35. 1.602E-19 Joules

36. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

38. Unit of liquid volume

39. Loose end of a cable

40. Mr. Kilby's first name

41. ECM response

43. Type of component package (abbr.)

44. Chemical symbol for cadmium

45. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

46. Ratio of circumference to diameter

47. Decimeter (abbr.)

48. Chemical symbol for manganese

49. Chemical symbol for radium

50. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

56. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

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

58. Chemical symbol for neon

60. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

61. Components

63. Conductor size unit (abbr.)

64. Last statement in a BASIC program

65. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

66. C# statement that ensures Dispose is called even if an exception occurs

67. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

68. Chemical symbol for lead

69. Singulated piece of IC wafer

70. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

71. Network department (abbr.)

72. Opposite of I.D.

73. Chemical symbol for chromium

74. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

75. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

76. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

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

78. Chemical symbol for erbium

81. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

82. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)


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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle - 7-18-2010