Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 17, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle for November 17, 2013 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Code used for automating software task

7. Soak up RF energy

12. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

13. Small unit of power

14. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)

16. A BPF specification (abbr.)

17. Parts per million (abbr.)

18. Internet address (abbr.)

20. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

21. International Telecommunications Union

22. English theoretical physicist who created the delta function now named after him

23. File name extension for an ASCII file

25. Soak up RF energy

28. Curve traced out by a point which moves around another point with an ever increasing radius

30. Finite-Element Model

31. Last statement in a BASIC program

33. Line of Sight (abbr.)

34. A gaseous process that deposits insulating films or metal onto a wafer at elevated temperature (abbr.)

35. Chemical symbol for erbium

37. Capacitor type

39. Chemical symbol for arsenic

40. Describes a servo, accelerometer, solenoid, etc.

41. Chemical symbol for nickel

42. The "D" in RFID (pl.)

44. Chemical symbol for chromium

46. One port of an amplifier

48. Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.)

49. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

51. 300 MHz to 3 GHz

52. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver's circuitry (pl.)

54. Increased or decreased in size

56. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

57. Artech _____, technical book publisher

58. Metric system (abbr.)

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

61. Peak envelope power (abbr.)

63. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

65. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

67. Speed setting mechanisms on an engine

70. Type of chart

71. Subject a circuit to extreme operation

72. French mathematician and physicist who's name is used as a unit of gas pressure

1. Miniature RF connector

2. Chemical symbol for cesium

3. Containing a contaminant

4. Spurious RF products created by metal joints (abbr.)

5. Chemical symbol for thallium

6. What high frequency engineers design (2 wds., pl.)

7. A common battery cell size

8. Unit of heat

9. ESD protective apparel

10. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)

11. The "B" in BER

12. Web's most popular RF site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

15. The "F" in EMF (pl.)

17. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

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

21. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

24. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

26. Its chemical symbol is Be

27. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

28. System On Chip

29. Diode type

32. Interpreted encoded data

33. Illuminated

36. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

38. ICs

41. The "N" in SNR (pl.)

42. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

43. "Texting" (abbr.)

45. RF design consultant in Rochester, NY (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

47. Transformer interwinding connection

48. Keyboard key

50. MS database

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

53. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

55. Feedback system used to maintain constant level (abbr.)

60. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

62. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)

63. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

64. 1/000 of an inch

66. Network department (abbr.)

68. Type of flip-flop

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

70. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)


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Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 17, 2013 - RF Cafe