Microwave & RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 15, 2015

This week's Microwave and RF Engineering crossword puzzle contains the usual collection of science, math, and engineering terms. Never will you be tasked to recall the names of idiotic Hollywierd celebrity's name or the kingdom of some obscure civilization in Krapistan or Moronia. Enjoy.


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Microwave & RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for November 15, 2015 - RF Cafe 

ACROSS DOWN
1. The "I" in IL, as in S21 of a filter

7. A gaseous substance that can be liquefied by pressure alone

9. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured

12. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)

13. Unit of heat

16. With 30 Down, this website's title

18. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

20. Type of motor that moves in increments rather than continuous rotation

24. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

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

27. Unit of energy

28. The cell band above DCN

29. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

31. Read-only (abbr.)

32. Morse Code for "from"

34. Computer display unit

36. Constellation : The scales

38. Computer messaging service (pl.)

41. Type of logic gate

42. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)

43. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (acr.)

44. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock (pl.)

46. Wrapped plastic insulation around an electrical joint

48. Chemical symbol for terbium

49. International Telecommunications Union

50. Peak Inverse Voltage

51. Type of flip-flop

53. A type of average (pl.)

56. Scheduling graph types

59. Opposite of O.D.

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

62. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey

64. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for erbium

66. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

67. Test equipment (abbr.)

68. Name of the first series in the spectrum of hydrogen

70. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

71. Chemical symbol for xenon

72. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

74. Semiconductor lamp

75. Hz

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

78. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)

80. Unit for expressing a ratio

82. Stephen ____ - popular author on microwave circuit design

83. Weatherproof cover for a radar antenna

85. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)

86. The stuff in the solder core

88. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

89. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)

92. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

93. Chemical symbol for neodymium

94. Change from one thing into another

96. Useful distance between Tx and Rx

98. Generated a form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules

99. Summers

100. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

101. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

1. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY (abbr.)

2. The "N" in AWGN

3. Chemical symbol for strontium

4. Internet protocol (abbr.)

5. Type of logic gate

6. Type of logic gate

8. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)

10. Beat frequency oscillator (abbr.)

11. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)

13. Programming statement

14. Test point (abbr.)

15. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter

17. Next level of Amateur Radio license after General

19. Chemical symbol for scandium

21. Total radiated power (abbr.)

22. High-speed logic family

23. Chemical symbol for radon

25. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane

26. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (abbr.)

30. With 16 Across, this website's title

32. Comic strip engineer

33. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

35. Type of logic gate

36. Once around a circuit

37. Property of matter by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force

39. Material testing organization (abbr.)

40. Quantum electron property (pl.)

42. One property of light (pl.)

45. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

46. End of soldering iron

47. Satellite TV system

52. Semi-_____, a type of coaxial cable

54. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

55. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

57. Type of memory

58. Cambridge University _____, technical book publisher

60. Factors of ten

62. Constellation : The water snake

63. Ties a bundle of wires together

65. Multiplies out a factored expression

68. Mr. de Forest's first name

69. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

73. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

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

76. Many conductors in a flexible cable

77. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.

79. Type of component package (abbr.)

81. Chemical symbol for cadmium

82. 1E6 nanoseconds

84. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.)

87. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution

90. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)

91. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

92. Computer Assisted Design and Development

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

95. High Data Rate

96. Type of data storage IC

97. Chemical symbol for erbium


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