Oldest Electronics Companies Crossword Puzzle
November 29, 2015

This week's engineering crossword puzzle features the names of some of the world's oldest electronics companies. Many of them began life with a primary business focus other than electronics, then ended up being known universally for their high tech products. If you're like me, until now you had no idea that one of the world's leading cellular equipment makers originally was a wood pulp mill, and another made playing cards. Clues with asterisks (*) are the featured companies. Enjoy!

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

Oldest Electronics Companies Crossword Puzzle for November 29, 2015 - RF Cafe

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.

ACROSS DOWN
1. Founded 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to manufacture electrical distribution equipment*

10. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

11. Internet protocol (abbr.)

12. User Datagram Protocol

13. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)

16. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial

19. Rate of a radar transmitter's output waveform (abbr.)

20. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

22. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

23. Founded 1928 in Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation*

25. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

26. Chemical symbol for nickel

28. Chemical symbol for radon

30. A keyboard key

32. Low- to mid- frequency connectors

33. Founded 1889 in Japan making Hanafuda (playing) cards*

36. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

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

40. Part of a FOR loop

41. ELI the ICE ___

43. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

46. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

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

50. A mathematical operation derived from two given functions by integration

54. Band between RF and BB

55. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution

56. Radio term for indicating the end of a transmission segment

57. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

58. Additive used to reduce a mixture's volatility (pl.)

62. Chemical symbol for selenium

63. IC killer (abbr.)

65. File name extension for an ASCII file

66. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

68. Band between RF and BB

70. Chemical symbol for aluminum

73. Chemical symbol for silicon

74. Capacitor dielectric type

75. Junk e-mail

76. Mr. de Forest's first name

78. Greek letter (micro)

80. Chemical symbol for manganese

81. Input intercept point (abbr.)

83. Founded 1938 in Korea as a trading company for seafood and vegetables*

84. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

86. Chemical symbol for cobalt

87. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)

88. First-in, first-out, abbr.

89. Chemical symbol for neptunium

91. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

94. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

95. One type of electron spin

97. Founded 1935 in a garage in Palo Alto, California*

2. Type of filter with cutoff regions above and below center frequency (abbr.)

3. Founded 1847 in Germany, as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von _______ & Halske*

4. Test point (abbr.)

5. Greek letter used for frequency

6. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

7. 97 Across is often abbreviated this way*

8. UMTS terrestrial radio access (abbr.)

9. Chemical symbol for erbium

14. Compress a computer file

15. Founded 1892 in Schenectady, NY, to build out an electrical distribution system (2 wds.)*

17. Unit of resistance

18. Joint Tactical Radio Service

19. A 2-dimensional surface

21. The frequency at which a filter will begin to reject signals (2 wds.)

24. Switch position

27. Network department (abbr.)

29. Adjust a pot

31. Airflow rate (abbr.)

34. Infrared (abbr.)

35. Type of logic gate

37. Crystal surfaces

38. Logic family (abbr.)

42. Chemical symbol for nobelium

43. Founded 1865 in Finland, as wood pulp mill*

44. A 3rd-order polynomial

45. Chemical symbol for holmium

47. Thread cutting tools

49. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)

51. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

52. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

53. Front end of a rocket (pl.)

59. Time delay (abbr.)

60. Lower sideband (abbr.)

61. Read-only (abbr.)

64. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

67. 1/000 of an inch

69. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)

70. Consequence of under sampling

71. Chemical symbol for lutetium

72. Type of filter that uses surface properties of semiconductor (abbr.)

75. Hub of the solar system (pl.)

77. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

78. Greek letter (micro)

79. Ham's code for "Net is Free (not controlled)."

82. Charged particle

83. The "S" in CES, the world's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers

85. Unit of time

90. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

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

92. Unit of length (abbr.)

93. Network department (abbr.)

94. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

96. Chemical symbol for palladium


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Oldest Electronics Companies Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 29, 2015 - RF Cafe