RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
June 5, 2016
Take a break and work this week's RF Engineering-themed crossword puzzle. All the words are pulled from a hand-built list of terms, names, and abbreviations that have only to do with science, mathematics, and engineering. If you want a crossword with names of movie stars and obscure countries, try the local newspaper.
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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation,
pl. = plural, wds. = words
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1. _____ _____ Maxim, founder of the ARRL (2 wds.) 6. Type of current 8. BASIC looping keyword 10. Java server pages (abbr.) 12. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.) 14. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.) 16. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.) 18. Chemical symbol for holmium 19. Switch position 20. Light ray 21. Chemical symbol for silicon 23. Greek letter 24. 1E6 nanoseconds 25. Crystal surface 26. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.) 27. A disk operation 30. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.) 31. Indium phosphide 32. Abbreviation for minimum voltage 33. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution 35. Cause a circuit breaker to open 36. Chemical symbol for krypton 37. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.) 38. Einstein's paradoxical traveler 39. Cause a voltage or current waveform to gradually die out 41. Unit of length (abbr.) 43. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance 44. Type of component package (abbr.) 45. Radio frequency interference (abbr.) 46. Unit of length (abbr.) 47. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr.) 48. Chemical symbol for neptunium 50. Type of flip-flop 51. Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model 52. Rotate about the vertical axis 54. Silicon transistor type (abbr.) 55. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.) 56. Type of logic gate (pl.) 58. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.) 62. Extract information from a carrier signal |
1. 3 MHz to 30 MHz 2. PC follower 3. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.) 4. __ + 7 Down, this website's title 5. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.) 7. 4 Down + ____, this website's title 8. Type of modulation (abbr.) 9. Chemical symbol for radium 10. Intel x86 command for " jump if above" 11. Measure of ability of a receiver to detact weak signals 13. Chemical symbol for tantalum 15. Irradiated cosmic gas 17. The "IP" in IP2 and IP3 (2 wds.) 18. Amateur radio operators 22. The star Alpha Geminorum 28. Singulated piece of IC wafer 29. Elements of a scattering matrix (hyph.) 34. He developed a "counter" for measuring radiation levels 35. Time division duplex (abbr.) 40. Luminous atmospheric phenomenon 42. Miniature RF connector (pl.) 44. Alter the relations between the parts of a structure or shape by applying an external force 49. Glue together 51. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.) 52. Yard (abbr.) 53. Write-Once (abbr.) 54. Unit of time (abbr.) 57. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards 59. Centimeter (abbr.) 60. Electrical safety organization (abbr.) 61. Chemical symbol for helium |
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