RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle
April 10, 2016

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Enjoy!


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

RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle for April 10, 2016 - RF Cafe

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2. Electronic document copier

6. Most famous comet

11. Type of data storage IC

13. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

14. A common battery cell size

15. Temperature that represents the dew point temperature of the air (2 wds.)

19. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

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

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

24. Attenuator

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

28. What is a line on a map which joins points of equal temperature

30. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

33. X-ray film image

35. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)

36. Image file format name extension, (pl.)

38. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

39. ECM response

40. Radio teletype (abbr.)

41. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

42. One state of matter

44. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

46. RF connector type

48. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.)

49. Greek letter often used to represent an angle

50. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.)

52. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

54. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

55. Sends a file over a network (abbr.)

57. Be behind in phase

58. Ultra High Voltage (abbr.)

59. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)

60. Bandwidth (abbr.)

62. Write-Once (abbr.)

63. Thing in a bill of material

65. ___-back transformer

66. A semi-automatic mechanical code key

68. Logic family (abbr.)

69. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

70. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

71. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

72. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)

74. A mass

75. Type of secondary radar system (abbr.)

78. Graphics workshop software

81. Greek letter

83. Amateur Radio activity in June to practice emergency communications (2 wds.)

87. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

88. Mechanical motivators for electrical generators

91. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

92. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

94. User Datagram Protocol

95. Push to Talk (abbr.)

96. 1E6 nanoseconds

98. Mr. Röntgen's first name

100. Chemical symbol for gallium

101. Maximum Usable Frequency

103. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

104. The sum is greater than the parts

105. The "D" in DARPA

1. Primary property of an element (2 wds.)

3. Hang the program

4. A common battery cell size

5. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

8. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)

9. A major search engine

10. Applies a voltage

12. Chemical symbol for niobium

15. Wavelength division multiplexing (abbr.)

16. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

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

18. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)

21. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

22. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for argon

25. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

26. Add two or more inputs

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

29. Entity created by virtue of a changing magnetic field (2 wds.)

30. Chemical symbol for nickel

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

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

34. Part of IEEE 802.11 protocol (2 wds.)

36. Chemical symbol for thulium

37. Chemical symbol for strontium

41. Duration of transmission (2 wds.)

42. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

43. Type of component package (abbr.)

45. Its chemical symbol is Hf

47. _____ Instruments, a programmable delay line manufacturer in Bellevue, WA

49. Point of rotation

51. Heatsink feature

53. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

54. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation (abbr.)

56. Type of chart

59. Signal increasers

61. Radio ______ selection

64. A class of passive ideal two-terminal circuit elements that maintain a functional relationship between the time integrals of current and voltage (pl.)

66. Stock symbol for Boeing

67. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

73. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

74. Chemical symbol for beryllium

76. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

77. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)

79. Type of current

80. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

81. Silicon transistor type

82. Adjust a pot

84. Type of load used in place of an antenna during transmitter testing

85. Type of current flow (abbr.)

86. Rotate about the vertical axis

88. Time Division Multiplexing

89. One type of electron spin

90. Light rays

93. Ratio of circumference to diameter

94. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

97. Hub of the solar system

99. Chemical symbol for mercury

100. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

102. Chemical symbol for iron

103. European equivalent to the U.L.


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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution for April 10, 2016 - RF Cafe