Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle

October 14, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle for October 14, 2012 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Decimeter (abbr.)

3. RF signal loss in a transmission line (pl.)

9. Indium Gallium Arsenide semiconductor (abbr.)

13. 1/6 inch printer's measure

14. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)

15. Type of current

17. File name extension for an ASCII file

20. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

22. Snail and E are examples of this

24. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

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

27. The "B" in BGA

30. A common battery cell size

31. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

32. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

33. Units of current

34. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

36. Chemical symbol for mercury

37. Chemical symbol for gallium

38. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)

40. Switch type with gauranteed default position

45. Crystal surface

48. Chemical symbol for francium

49. Chemical symbol for argon

50. Transition from solid to liquid phase

51. Type of capacitors

52. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

54. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

56. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

57. Common gateway interface (abbr.)

58. Wiring assembly

63. Charged particle

64. Chemical symbol for bromine

65. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

67. Used to remove oxidation during soldering

69. Band between RF and BB

70. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

71. Geometric entity with only length

73. Opposite of O.D.

75. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)

76. Chemical symbol for chlorine

78. Once around a circuit

79. Chemical symbol for krypton

80. ______ House, technical book publisher

81. Northern lights - Aurora ...

82. Chemical symbol for magnesium

1. International phonetic alphabet letter "D"

2. Unit of length (abbr.)

4. High-speed logic family

5. Graphics workshop software

6. Mass unit (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

8. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

10. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)

11. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

12. Type of current flow (abbr.)

16. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

18. Circuit makers

19. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr.)

21. Chemical symbol for aluminum

23. Mathematical transform for going between frequency and time domains

24. He developed a "counter" for measuring radiation levels

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

28. Chemical symbol for arsenic

29. Be behind in phase

32. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane

35. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

36. One type of filter construction used in the 500 MHz to 1.5 GHz range

39. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

40. Is not passing electrical test

41. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor

42. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

43. Unit of current

44. Chemical symbol for iron

46. European equivalent to the U.L.

47. Type of modulation (abbr.)

53. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

55. A BPF specification (abbr.)

56. Image file format name extension

58. Chemical symbol for copper

59. Leaded component type

60. Chemical symbol for lithium

61. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

62. Mr. Ohm's first name

64. One port on a BJT

66. SIP x 2

68. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

70. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

72. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

74. Printer resolution abbreviation

75. Chemical symbol for chromium

77. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

78. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

79. Unit of length (abbr.)


See solution below

Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for October 14, 2012 - RF Cafe