Electrical Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle
January 16th, 2022

This custom made crossword puzzle for January 16th, 2022, from RF Cafe has an electrical engineering theme. All RF Cafe crossword puzzles are custom made by me, Kirt Blattenberger, and have only words and clues related to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. As always, this crossword puzzle 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., Reginald Denny or the Tunguska event in Siberia). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!


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

Electrical Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle for January 16th, 2022 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Collection of data points plotted on a graph
5. One of the "E"s in BSEE, and part of this crossword puzzle's title
11. Forms into a specific shape
15. Chemical symbol for aluminum
16. Used logic gates
17. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
18. Chemical symbol for neodymium
19. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)
20. Greek letter (micro)
21. Part of this website's title
22. Opposite of O.D.
24. Aerodynamic opposition to thrust
25. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
26. Chemical symbol for chlorine
28. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices
30. Chemical symbol for selenium
31. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
32. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)
33. Chemical symbol for arsenic
35. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
36. Code used for automating software task
37. Related to FM by a differential
38. Chemical symbol for francium
39. U.S. military organization (abbr.)
41. 10E-9 numerical prefix
44. Basic element
46. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
47. ECM response
49. Adjust two signal to be exactly equal (2 wds.)
52. One of the Ws in WWW
53. Numerical prefix for 10E2
54. Chemical symbol for neon
55. The "O" in CMOS
56. 10E-9 numerical prefix
59. Its chemical symbol is No
60. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial
63. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)
64. International phonetic alphabet letter "M"
66. One bit of a real number
69. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)
70. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
71. Chemical symbol for ruthenium
72. Curve traced out by a point which moves around another point with an ever increasing radius
75. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
77. Part of a FOR loop
78. Base 16 number system (abbr.)
79. Chemical symbol for lithium
81. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
82. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices
84. Network department (abbr.)
85. Switch position
86. Type of antenna with an element made of a single, flexible rod or tube
87. Mass unit (abbr.)
88. A common battery cell size
89. Internet protocol (abbr.)
91. Foot/12
93. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
94. Chemical symbol for helium
96. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)
98. Cyanide (abbr.)
99. 2 GHz to 4 GHz
100. Generally, the region of the radio spectrum above 1 GHz (pl.)
101. One of many similar appendages of a fan
1. Mathematical calculation of RF component string (2 wds.)
2. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
3. Vector Offset Frequency Shift Keying
4. Chemical symbol for erbium
5. Inventor of the incandescent light bulb
6. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
7. Coder/decoder (abbr.)
8. Indium Gallium Phosphor semiconductor (abbr.)
9. Chemical symbol for cadmium
10. Heat required to change a solid into a liquid or a liquid into a gas without change of temperature
11. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
12. The UK's equivalent of the FCC
13. Decimeter (abbr.)
14. Radio receiver scheme which mixes a second frequency (LO) with the incoming radio signals
21. Chemical symbol for radium
23. Morse Code for "from"
25. Type of matrix barcode used with laser scanning(abbr.)
27. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
29. Charged particle
32. Parts per million (abbr.)
34. System On Chip
38. Frequency Division Duplex
40. Type of current
42. Computer character set (abbr.)
43. O3
44. Molecular building blocks
45. Using a logical connection scheme for redundant power supplies
46. Chemical symbol for silicon
48. Unit of admittance
50. Exponent that returns the original number
51. 10 decibels
52. Wired Equivalent Privacy (abbr.)
57. Average Fock Approximation, a term used in quantum physics (abbr.)
58. 1e-6 mA
61. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
62. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin
64. Multiplexer (abbr.)
65. 1000 ohms
67. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver’s circuitry (pl.)
68. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
71. The stuff in the solder core
73. Physical quantity defined as being the work done per unit time
74. International phonetic alphabet letter "A"
76. Computer messaging service
78. Opposite of a LO
80. One port of an amplifier
81. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
83. 10E1 numerical prefix
90. Chemical symbol for lead
92. Chemical symbol for neodymium
93. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
95. 1.602E-19 Joules
97. Chemical symbol for antimony
98. Chemical symbol for cadmium

See solution below

 

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Electrical Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle for January 16th, 2022 - RF Cafe