RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle
June 16, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle for 6/16/2013 - RF Cafe

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1. Geometric solid having a square base and triangular sides

5. Network controller

10. __________ approximation DAC

18. PC follower

19. 1.602E-19 Joules

21. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)

22. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)

23. Sporadic E-layer ionospheric propagation (hyph.)

25. Opposite of I.D.

27. Powerful mathematics software used by engineers

31. Upper frequency (abbr.)

32. Chemical symbol for bismuth

33. Chemical symbol for magnesium

35. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

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

37. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)

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

40. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

42. Diode circuit to restrain voltage input (pl.)

46. Direct Digital Synthesis (abbr.)

47. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

49. Opposite of set

52. Spurious signals

54. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr., pl.)

55. Nordic Mobile Telephone

56. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

59. Form/fit/function replacement

61. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

62. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

63. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments

65. Indium Gallium Arsenide semiconductor

70. User Datagram Protocol

71. Chemical symbol for thallium

72. Precision landing system (abbr.)

74. One state of matter

75. Extracting information from a modulated signal

77. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

78. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

79. Type of logic gate

80. Method of sending high-speed digital signals on electric distribution wires, a Ham's nemesis (abbr.)

81. Luminous atmospheric phenomenon

82. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)

83. It can follow an MS

84. Chemical symbol for gallium

85. Maximally flat group delay filter function

87. Chemical symbol for lead

89. Network device that takes commands from another similar device

91. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

92. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)

94. Capable of operating from land or water

99. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

101. Chemical symbol for nickel

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

104. Types of amplifier, slang (pl.)

105. Common gateway interface (abbr.)

106. Chemical symbol for scandium

108. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)

110. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

111. 1/000 of an inch

113. Chemical symbol for gold

114. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

115. Chemical symbol for nobelium

116. The star Alpha Geminorum

120. Chemical symbol for nickel

121. Radio navigation system

123. Fail-____ switch

126. Name given to the most frequently occurring number in a series of numbers

128. Chemical symbol for aluminum

129. Test point (abbr.)

131. Configuration __________, design group that tracks product revisions

132. Metric length units

133. What type of nuclear reaction powers an atom bomb

1. Output following input in a linear manner

2. Chemical symbol for radium

3. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (abbr.)

4. Keyboard key

6. Chemical symbol for silver

7. Fail-____ switch

8. Greek letter

9. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

10. Chemical symbol for silicon

11. One type of electron spin

12. Heavenly body having a tail

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

14. Half of DSB

15. Term for asymmetry of a statistical distribution

16. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

17. Abbreviation for peak voltage

20. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

22. International phonetic alphabet letter "L"

24. Maximally flat group delay equation (2 wds.)

26. Type of current

28. Modulation type (abbr.)

29. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

30. Steady-state voltage reference

32. Spurious signal produced in a receiver

34. Vacuum tube element (pl.)

36. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

38. Glues together

41. Lunar depression

42. Be behind in phase

43. Network department (abbr.)

44. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

45. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

46. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

48. Miniature RF connector

50. Computer communication schemes (abbr.)

51. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

53. Audible emanation

54. Compress a computer file

57. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator

60. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

62. Strong, lightweight wood

64. Type of logic gate

66. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

67. Image file format name extension (pl.)

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

69. Chemical symbol for silver

71. Time delay (abbr.)

73. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

74. World's first satellite navigation system, abbr.

75. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

76. A gaseous substance that can be liquefied by pressure alone (pl.)

77. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672

78. The base of a number system

80. 10 decibels

81. International phonetic alphabet letter "A"

83. Common plastic insulation type (abbr.)

84. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

85. Broadband Signal Intrusion (abbr.)

86. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

88. Data transmission pathway

90. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

93. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

95. Artech _____, technical book publisher

96. Internet protocol (abbr.)

97. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

98. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

100. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

103. Type of capacitor dielectric

105. The "C" in CDMA

107. Chemical symbol for cobalt

109. One port of an amplifier

111. ELI the ICE ___

112. Be behind in phase

115. Logical negation operator

117. A common battery cell size

118. Below ELF

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

121. Chemical symbol for tantalum

122. Chemical symbol for neon

124. Army-Navy specification prefix

125. Unit of length (abbr.)

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

127. Chemical symbol for erbium

130. Ratio of circumference to diameter


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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution for 6/16/2013 - RF Cafe