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2. 1/000 of an amp
4. The "E"
in FEM
8. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform, abbr.
11.
Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
13. Length times width,
pl.
16. 10^2 numerical prefix
17. Physical quantity defined
as being the work done per unit time
18. RF passive device
manufacturer in Bay Shore, NY
20. This often uses bullets
22. Less than
24. Plane geometric figure that has eight straight
sides
27. Chemical symbol for silicon
28. Chemical symbol
for holmium
29. Abbreviation for polypropylene
30. Chemical
symbol for mendelevium
31. Multivibrator type
34. Occlusion
of one heavenly body by another
37. Loose end of a cable
38. RF computer network, abbr.
39. One port on a FET
42.
A not-for-profit systems engineering company headquartered in
Bedford, MA
46. Wireless IC company bought by Sirenza in
2002 (which was bought by RFMD in 2007)
47. Unintentionally
changes the oscillator frequency
48. Unit of time
49.
Sounding device vehicles
50. Surface mount, abbr. |
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1. Software engineering tool, abbr.
2. Top layers of an IC that connect the circuit elements
3. Leaded component type
4. "The father of the atomic bomb"
5. Type of capacitor
6. Convergence point on Vce axis of
collector current curves
7. Mathematical expansion
8.
Fan vendor in Farmington, CT
9. Its chemical symbol is Pa
10. British Aerospace Electronics
11. Chemical symbol for
scandium
12. Chemical symbol for radon
14. Modern battlefield
technique, abbr.
15. Chemical symbol for strontium
19.
One component of a complex number, abbr.
21. Integrated Circuit
22. Solid State PA
23. Unit of CPU speed
25. Units of
resistance
26. Current summing point
32. VHF, UHF, ISM,
for example
33. Chemical symbol for lithium
35. Chemical
symbol for chlorine
36. LEDs, incandescents, fluorescents,
et al
39. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"
40. Government
program to bring electricity to farms. abbr.
41. Modulation
type, abbr.
43. Chemical symbol for thallium
44. 30 Hz
to 300 Hz
45. Type of flip-flop |
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