9/8/2006 Engineering Crossword Puzzle

RF Cafe engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS
1. Object orientated programming term
6. 18 GHz to 26.5 GHz
10. One component of a complex number, abbr.
11. Opposite of a LO
12. Galilean moon
13. Analog-to-Digital
14. Cooling device
15. Computer communication scheme, abbr.
17. European equivalent to the U.L.
18. Logic gate
20. L-C resonating circuit
22. Unit of energy in the CGS system
23. Bilateral trigger diode, abbr.
26. Satellite TV system, abbr.
29. Direct Memory Access
30. 1E6 nanoseconds
31. Japanese electronics manufacturer
35. Patentable material, abbr.
36. A new form of delivering Internet to residences, abbr. (a Ham's nemesis)
38. Unit of voltage, abbr.
39. Hub of the solar system
41. Another Japanese electronics manufacturer
43. What PCB traces are made of
45. Indium phosphide, abbr.
46. Communication method that makes use of electromagnetic waves
47. Oscillator manufacturer in Whippany, NJ (abbr.)
48. Time delay, abbr.
49. Logarithmic ratio, abbr.
50. Type of current
52. Electromagnetic, abbr.
53. Antenna gain unit, abbr.
54. Enhanced Graphics Adapter
56. Fairchild Advanced Schottky TTL
57. What a PCB trace will do if subjected to too much heat and pressure
DOWN
1. Computer or TV display type, abbr.
2. Front edge of a wing, abbr.
3. A Ham's operating enclosure
4. A trigonometry function
5. Reciprocal signal splitter decive, pl.
6. International phonetic alphabet letter "K"
7. Part of PCB
8. 1e-6 mA
9. Direct Digital Synthesis
16. Part of a bandpass filter specification
19. PCB base material
20. Time Division Multiplexing
21. Unit of time, abbr.
24. Opposite of O.D.
25. Slang for capacitor
27. Greek letter (micro)
28. Start Frequency, abbr.
31. ___-back transformer
32. Type of flip flop
33. Professor's student instructor, abbr.
34. A compiler directive
37. Silicon transistor type, abbr.
40. Coordinated Universal Time, abbr.
41. ___ survey, used to lay out a communications antenna location
42. Path followed by a heavenly body
43. A software entity that duplicates a real component
44. International phonetic alphabet letter "L"
49. Logarithmic unit, pl., abbr.
51. Common Gateway Interface
53. 10^1 numerical prefix
55. Audio Frequency

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