RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle
June 22, 2014

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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle for 6/22/2014 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

3. Emits a radio wave

10. Chemical symbol for erbium

11. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

13. Its chemical symbol is Fe

14. Abbreviation for peak voltage

15. 4 GHz to 8 GHz

19. Field Programmable Gate Array (abbr.)

23. Encased in a protective covering

25. An electrical specification for a motor when it is first started (2 wds.)

28. ___-back transformer

29. Plain Old Telephone System

30. System On Chip

32. Switch position

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

34. Powerful mathematics software used by engineers

40. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

41. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

42. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

43. Isaac Newton's mathematical contribution

45. 1/6 inch printer's measure

46. 2 x SSB

48. Short for synchronous

49. European equivalent to the U.L.

50. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

51. Chemical symbol for calcium

52. Chemical symbol for scandium

54. Chemical symbol for gold

55. 30 MHz to 300 MHz

57. Army-Navy specification prefix

58. Area outside the passband (pl.)

60. Galilean moon

62. Ham's code for "Station is leaving the net."

63. Chemical symbol for tantalum

64. Unit of time (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for chlorine

66. Chemical symbol for radon

67. Chemical symbol for polonium

68. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

70. Miniature RF connector

72. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

73. Flame resistant material

77. Centimeter (abbr.)

79. Type of logic gate

80. Charged particle

82. Constellation : The bull

83. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

84. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

85. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

86. Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor

87. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

89. Calculus operations

96. The amount of matter that a body contains

98. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

99. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1789

100. Chemical symbol for neon

102. Time Division Multiple Access

104. Mr. de Forest's first name

105. Chemical symbol for cobalt

106. U.S. dollar bill sent along with a QSL card, slang

107. Last statement in a BASIC routine

1. One divided by a number

2. Chemical symbol for francium

4. Ratio of circumference to diameter

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

6. International phonetic alphabet letter "G"

7. Semiconductor company based in Norwood, MA (2 wds.)

8. 1.602E-19 Joules

9. Separated by specific distances

11. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

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

15. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)

16. Data transmission pathway

17. Chemical symbol for arsenic

18. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

20. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

21. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

22. Most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance

24. Force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram (pl.)

26. Logical negation (pl.)

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

31. College grounds

34. ELI the ICE ___

35. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

36. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for lutetium

38. Chemical symbol for aluminum

39. Voltage regulator type

43. Super glue

44. Chemical symbol for selenium

47. Filter type (abbr.)

48. Move in a raster pattern

52. Engineering university located in Palo Alto, CA

53. Chemical symbol for cobalt

56. Majority carrier in p-type material

58. Alter the relations between the parts of a structure or shape by applying an external force

59. Greek letter used for frequency

61. The "C" in FCC

62. Unit of liquid measure (abbr., pl.)

67. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

68. International Telecommunications Union

69. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

71. Short for modulator/demodulator

74. Stock symbol for Boeing

75. Chemical symbol for europium

76. Chemical symbol for strontium

77. Cause the temperature to drop

78. Recording onto magnetic media

81. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong

83. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)

86. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

88. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)

90. Unit of length (abbr.)

91. A BPF specification (abbr.)

92. High-speed logic family

93. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)

94. Chemical symbol for nickel

95. Chemical symbol for thulium

97. "Texting" (abbr.)

101. Chemical symbol for erbium

103. PC follower

105. Chemical symbol for chromium


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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution for 6/22/2014 - RF Cafe