Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
September 12, 2010

ACROSS

1. Determine cause and effect
4. More than one XCVR
8. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
12. Chemical symbol for californium
14. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
15. Related to FM by a differential
16. One port of an amplifier
17. Its chemical symbol is F
20. Computer Assisted Design and Development
22. Test point (abbr.)
24. A common battery cell size
26. Base of the binary number system
27. Type of current
29. __ Dude, premier design consultant in Rochester, NY
30. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
32. Generating a form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules
34. Regarding light
35. ________ Test Equipment Rentals, TE supplier in San Diego, CA
37. ELI the ICE ___
39. Shorthand for oxygen
40. 3-phase transformer configuration
42. ______ Microwave - passive RF component vendor in Clifton, NJ
44. Band between RF and BB
46. ___ Electronics, RF component manufacturer in Buffalo Grove, IL
48. Unit of length (abbr.)
49. Abbreviation for minimum voltage
51. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
53. Method of connecting redundant power supplies (pl.)
55. ____ Equipment Connection, TE rental service in Lake Mary, FL
56. Sample-and-____
58. Voltage-current phase mnemonic
60. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
62. Chemical symbol for lead
64. Chemical symbol for holmium
65. High voltage resistor manufacturer in Montreal, Quebec
66. Mate to a TX
67. Indium Gallium Arsenide semiconductor
69. Greek letter
71. 10^1 numerical prefix
74. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)
76. One orientation of polarization
78. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)
79. Filter manufacturer located in Gaithersburg, MD
81. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
82. Chemical symbol for cesium
84. Very small aperture terminal
87. Logical negation operator
89. Chemical symbol for platinum
90. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
91. Computer communication scheme (abbr., pl.)
92. Types of amplifier, slang (pl.)
93. Chemical symbol for chromium
95. Chemical symbol for lithium
96. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
97. Chemical symbol for zirconium
98. Radio navigation system
99. Type of load used in place of an antenna during transmitter testing
100. _______ Factor, antenna manufacturer in Merlin, OR; also, an EM radiating structure

DOWN

1. An angle that has less than 90 degrees
2. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
3. _-____, VCO manufacturer in San Diego, CA
5. Software engineering tool (abbr.)
6. 300 Hz to 3 kHz
7. Marconi's transmitter configuration (2 wds.)
8. Switch configuration (abbr.)
9. Modulation type (abbr.)
10. Ratio of circumference to diameter
11. _______ Electronics, RF filter & components manufacturer in Garfield, NJ
13. Having a DC voltage reference
18. Direction of carbon fiber strands
19. 1e-6 mA
21. Product offering type of Applied Wave Research (AWR), Applied Computer Sciences (ACS), Guided Wave Technology, Sunshine Design, etc.
23. Chemical symbol for palladium
25. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.)
28. ____tail, a type of strong wood joint
29. Radio teletype (abbr.)
31. Chemical symbol for tin
32. Base 16 number system (abbr.)
33. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
35. Name for a negatively charged ion
36. Waveguide manufacturer in Edinburg, VA
38. Referring to the atomic core structure
40. Weight (abbr.)
41. 1.602E-19 Joules
43. Chemical symbol for antimony
45. Chemical symbol for francium
47. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
48. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
50. Unit of admittance
52. Computer display unit
54. ________ Design, software & engineering consulting in Ramona, CA
57. Collection of electronic records (abbr.)
59. Chemical symbol for lawrencium
61. Chemical symbol for mercury
63. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
64. Opposite of a LO
68. Altered the relations between the parts of a structure or shape by applying an external force
70. Miniature RF connectors
71. Keyboard key
72. Substrate for mounting component (abbr., pl.)
73. Refuse to absorb energy
75. European equivalent to the U.L.
76. ______ Telecom, waveguide components manufacturer in Melbourne, Australia; also, a mathematical quantity that has both direction and magnitude
77. Chemical symbol for terbium
80. Applied Computational Sciences, RF simulator company in Escondido, CA (abbr.)
83. Colorado resort town
84. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)
85. Chemical symbol for argon
86. Trans European Trunked RAdio
88. Einstein's paradoxical traveler
89. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
92. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)
94. Chemical symbol for radium
95. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
96. Unit of length (abbr.)
97. Chemical symbol for zinc

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