Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

January 22, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 1/22/2012 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Type of semiconductor construction used in RF power amplifiers (abbr.)

5. Split power into 2 or more paths

10. Equiripple filter response

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

17. Positive voltage lead color

18. Chemical symbol for neodymium

20. Have a positive phase wrt a reference

21. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for terbium

25. Imaging device (abbr.)

26. Centimeter (abbr.)

28. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for thulium

30. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)

33. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

34. Hz

36. Plural of locus

37. Used logic gates

38. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

39. Connector vendor headquartered in Bristol, PA

41. Part of a male connector

43. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

44. Chemical symbol for europium

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

47. Tuning step

50. Unit for 1,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)

53. Related to FM by a differential

54. Albert's theory

59. Engineer who experimented with extremely high voltages

62. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

64. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

65. Type of logic gate

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

67. State of matter (pl.)

70. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

71. Chemical symbol for neptunium

73. RF integrated circuit (abbr.)

75. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

76. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

77. Steel, brass, aluminum, etc.

78. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

79. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

81. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

83. Output intercept point (abbr.)

84. 1e-6 mA

85. Chemical symbol for selenium

88. Device to assist in the performance of a chore

90. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

91. Base 16 number system (abbr.)

93. RF ____, RF/microwave consulting company in Rochester, NY

95. Pistons function within them

96. Unit of angular measurement equal to one ninetieth of a right angle

97. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

1. Once around a circuit

2. 1E6 nanoseconds

3. Number system which uses only the digits 0 to 7

4. Half of DSB

6. Infrared (abbr.)

7. A mathematical quantity that has both direction and magnitude (pl.)

8. Opposite of O.D.

9. Integrated data onto a carrier wave

11. Helium, iron, silicon, or uranium, for example

12. Chemical symbol for beryllium

13. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet

14. Chemical symbol for cadmium

15. Abbreviation for minimum voltage

19. Cellphone band below PCS

22. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

24. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

26. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)

27. BSEE + 2 years

29. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr.)

31. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

32. Chemical symbol for xenon

33. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for chromium

35. Experiencing a sudden and temporary increase in voltage, current, or power

38. International Telecommunications Union

39. Wheel attachment points

40. Device for linearly adding two or more inputs (pl.)

42. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

46. Queries an input for changes

48. Type of flip flop

49. Chemical symbol for antimony

51. 1/1000000 prefix

52. Chemical symbol for bismuth

55. _______ strength - measure of resistance from breaking

56. Voice of America

57. An array of 12 or 16 numbered keys that generate the standard telephone dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) dialing signals (2 wds.)

58. City in Colorado

60. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

61. Type of current flow (abbr.)

63. Crystal surface

68. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

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

72. Chemical symbol for platinum

73. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

74. Encases in a protective covering

77. 1/000 of an inch

80. Chemical symbol for arsenic

82. Unit of weight

84. Mate to a bolt

86. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)

87. Type of current

88. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

89. Opposite of I.D.

91. Chemical symbol for mercury

92. Chemical symbol for xenon

94. Chemical symbol for einsteinium


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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, 1/22/2012 - RF Cafe