Electronics Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 22, 2020

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. This November 29th Electronics Engineering crossword puzzle, as always, contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology theme (e.g., Hedy Lamarr or the Bikini Atoll). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!


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

Engineering Crossword Puzzle for November 22, 2020 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
2. Jacques _______ stated the law that the volume of a gas at constant pressure is directly proportional to the absolute temperature

6. What a capacitor is used for regarding energy

11. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

13. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

14. Unit of time (abbr.)

15. Unit of luminosity

19. 10E1 numerical prefix

20. 1E6 cycle per second

23. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

24. Circuit that reduces interference (abbr.)

26. Base of the binary number system

28. Primary function of 39 Down (2 wds.)

30. Chemical element abbreviated Sn

33. Primary function of 42 Down

35. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

36. _____ Percy Maxim, founder of the ARRL

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

40. Threaded tuning rod in a coil

41. 1000000 prefix

43. Ham's code for "Take over as net control station."

45. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

47. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

48. Line of Sight (abbr.)

49. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

51. Chemical symbol for silicon

53. Morse Code for "from"

54. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit

56. Unit of current

57. Sound-pressure level derived using A-weighting

58. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for arsenic

61. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

62. CB slang for CB radio or antenna

64. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

65. Amateur radio enthusiast

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

68. Type of secondary radar system (abbr.)

69. Applies a lubricant

71. Software function selection mechanism

72. Stock symbol for Raytheon

75. 5,280 feet (pl.)

78. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

80. Document package submitted in attempt to win a job

84. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc. (abbr., pl.)

85. Antenna driven element

88. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments

89. A common battery cell size

91. Filter type (abbr.)

92. Intel 8086 or Motorola 6800 (abbr.)

93. Unit of volume (abbr.)

95. Name for a voltage that appears in an electrical conductor such as a wire, even though the wire is disconnected from an electrical circuit

97. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

98. Feedback system used to maintain constant signal level (abbr.)

100. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

101. Its chemical symbol is U

102. Describes an "thick" field

1. The "A" in ASDL

3. Unit of time (pl.)

4. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

5. Mate to a TX

7. Type of flip-flop

8. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

9. Mathematical device defined as the collection of points whose coordinates satisfy a given relation

10. Normalized unit of pressure at sea level

12. Time delay (abbr.)

15. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

16. Chemical symbol for aluminum

17. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

18. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

21. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey

22. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for platinum

25. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

26. Television Interference (abbr.)

27. Wired Equivalent Privacy (abbr.)

29. S21 (2 wds.)

30. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

31. Type Mylar airframe structure covering (2 words, hyph.)

32. 1e-6 mA

34. The common connection for all parts of a circuit that connect to the negative side of the power supply (2 wds.)

36. Chemical symbol for mercury

37. Unit of length (abbr.)

39. ______.___ is this website's primary functions per 28 Across

42. ______.___ is this website's secondary functions per 33 Across

43. Type of matrix barcode used with laser scanning(abbr.)

44. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

46. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame

48. Has a positive phase wrt a reference

50. Service of the ARRL that helps hams solve technical problems (abbr.)

52. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)

53. Logarithmic unit of power

55. Measure of source / load mismatch (abbr.)

58. Interception of RF energy

60. Plate or vane used to direct or control movement of fluid or air within confined area

63. Hand-held calculator for NASA's Gemini era engineers (pl.)

65. Opposite of a LO

66. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

70. Type of component package (abbr.)

71. 1E6 nanoseconds

73. Ham abbreviation for transceiver

74. Negation prefix

76. Intermodulation (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

78. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

79. Uppermost surface

81. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

82. A common battery cell size

83. Polish a crystal to an exact frequency

85. Angular speed unit

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

87. Apple's popular media playing device (pl.)

90. ampere-hour (abbr.)

91. Chemical symbol for holmium

94. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

96. Chemical symbol for nickel

97. ELI the ICE ___

99. Cyanide (abbr.)

100. European equivalent to the U.L.


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Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 22, 2020 - RF Cafe