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DOWN 1. The "A" in ASIC
2. Semiconductor and
calculator company (abbr.)
3. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)
4. Unit of time
(abbr.)
5. Chemical symbol for argon
6. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.)
9. Transmit a signal
11. Ratio of circumference to diameter
15. Chemical symbol for
polonium
16. Singulated piece of IC wafer
17. Chemical symbol for copper
19. Akin
to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.
20. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo
22. Electrical
safety organization (abbr.)
24. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)
26. Network department (abbr.)
27. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount
28. Act of recovering the modulation from the RF signal
29. Graphics file types
32. Chemical symbol for cadmium
34. Amateur radio abbreviation
for the Oceania region (abbr.)
36. Expose to ionizing
electromagnetic energy
38. Type of current flow (abbr.)
40. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)
43. Chemical
symbol for francium
45. Switch position
46. Angular speed unit
48. Result of unwanted
frequency content in data (pl.)
49. Represented by the entirety of the bathtub curve (2
wds.)
50. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
51. 2/3 of a triac
53. Chemical symbol for antimony
55. Chemical symbol for neon
57. Computer monitor resoultion measure (abbr.)
62. Coefficient
of temperature (abbr.)
63. Internet protocol (abbr.)
64. Very large unit of apparent
power (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for rubidium
67. Chemical symbol for aluminum
68.
Wire diameter unit (abbr.)
72. Type of modulation (abbr.)
73. A complete set of data
bits in a stream
74. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
75. International phonetic alphabet
letter "E"
78. Chemical symbol for tin
82. Chemical symbol for neptunium
83. Chemical
symbol for holmium
85. Switch position
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| ACROSS 1. Decreases in magnitude
7.
Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)
8. Chemical symbol for strontium
10. Min-to-max
voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
12. Chemical symbol for helium
13. Unit of time
14.
High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)
16. Type of current
18. Its chemical symbol
is Os
20. Chemical symbol for gallium
21. Chemical symbol for copper
23. BS__ - the
degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
24. Positive voltage lead color
25. Consequence
of under sampling
28. Logarithmic reflectivity unit
30. Chemical symbol for thallium
31. Finite-Element Model
32. Chemical symbol for calcium
33. Galilean moon
35. Semiconductor
and calculator company (abbr.)
37. Attenuator topology (pl.)
39. Ovenized crystal oscillator
(abbr.)
41. A keyboard key
42. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility
environments (abbr.)
44. Type of beam used in Star Trek
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47. Indium phosphide
50. Ticker symbol for
Analog Devices
52. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
54. International phonetic alphabet
letter "I"
56. Chemical symbol for neptunium
58. Filter type that blocks frequencies
in a specified band (abbr.)
59. Chemical symbol for iron
60. System for guiding aircraft
(abbr.)
61. Chemical symbol for platinum
63. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
64. 1/1000000
prefix
66. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor
68. 1e3 uV
69. Chemical symbol
for bromine
70. Ham-ese for Young Lady
71. This website's name (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)
76. Unit of length (abbr.)
77. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)
79. Tie a bundle
of wires together
80. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
81. Chemical symbol for nobelium
82. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
84. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
86. Resistors, capacitors,
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