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Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
July 18, 2010

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.


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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. Rádio 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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