Electrical Engineering Crossword Puzzle
August 16th, 2020

August 16th's custom Electrical Engineering themed crossword puzzle contains only only words (1,000s of them) from my custom-created lexicon related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. You will never find among the words names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort. You might, however, find someone or something in the otherwise excluded list directly related to this puzzle's technology theme, such as Hedy Lamarr or the Bikini Atoll, respectively. The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort.

cruciverbalist: [noun]  cruci- ("cross") +‎ verbal ("words") +‎ -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who constructs crosswords.


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


Electrical Engineering Crossword Puzzle for August 16, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. Bits per second (abbr.)

4. Work out the solution to an equation

8. O-scope time base action

12. Effective frontal area presented to a microwave interrogation system (abbr.)

15. Output intercept point (abbr.)

17. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

18. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

19. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

21. Modulation type (abbr.)

23. Peak Inverse Voltage

25. Wavelength division multiplexing (abbr.)

27. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

28. Switch position

29. Chemical symbol for selenium

30. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane

32. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

34. PC follower

35. Type of current flow (abbr.)

36. Part of a male connector

37. Base 16 number system (abbr.)

38. Ultra Fine Pitch Technology (abbr.)

39. Circuit that reduces interference (abbr.)

41. The "B" in BER

42. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

43. Greek letter

45. 300 MHz to 3 GHz

46. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)

48. Keep in working condition

49. Multi-layered PCB

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

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

53. Balun with both ports unbalanced

56. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

58. 1/000 of an inch

59. Shortwave listener (abbr.)

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

65. Notch type filter (abbr.)

66. Parts per million (abbr.)

67. Chemical symbol for niobium

68. Opposite of I.D.

70. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

72. Add two or more inputs

73. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

74. End of Life (abbr.)

75. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

76. BER, 8 bits at a time

78. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

80. 1e-6 mA

81. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

82. Cellphone band just below PCS

83. Common gateway interface (abbr.)

85. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

87. Charged particle

88. Teletypewriter exchange service

89. Structure of columns and rows

90. Angular speed unit

2. Chemical symbol for polonium

3. Half of a DIP

5. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

6. The "L" in VLF

7. ____RF, passive RF component manufacturer in Huntersville, NC

9. World Amateur Radio Conference

10. A keyboard key

11. Chemical symbol for erbium

12. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

13. Chemical symbol for calcium

14. The Brits call them valves (2 wds.)

16. Type of chart

19. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr.)

20. Base 16 number system

22. Maximum Usable Frequency

24. Video Graphics Array (abbr.)

26. Reliability measure (abbr.)

27. Cable television (abbr.)

28. Lubricant

29. Adjust a pot

31. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

33. Army-Navy specification prefix

36. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for holmium

40. Pertaining to the moon

42. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial (pl.)

44. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

47. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver

51. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

52. Open a fuse

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

55. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

56. Method of sending high-speed digital signals on electric distribution wires, a Ham's nemesis (abbr.)

57. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

60. Write-Once (abbr.)

61. Constellation : The lion

63. Unit of time (abbr.)

64. Hub of the solar system

66. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)

67. Front end of a rocket

69. 10E1 numerical prefix

71. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

74. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

75. High-speed logic family

77. Computer monitor cable type (abbr.)

79. Type of logic gate

81. Part of a FOR loop

82. Morse Code for "from"

84. S12 or S21 (abbr.)

86. One type of electron spin

See solution below

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Cruciverbalist:

A cruciverbalist is a person who is skilled at creating or solving crossword puzzles. The term is a combination of "cruci-" from "crucifix," meaning cross, and "verbalist" from "verbal," indicating a person who deals with words. cruciverbalists are often responsible for designing crossword puzzles, and they possess a deep knowledge of wordplay, vocabulary, and the techniques used in constructing and solving crosswords. They aim to make puzzles that are both challenging and enjoyable for crossword enthusiasts.

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Electrical Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for August 16, 2020 - RF Cafe