Technology Theme Crossword Puzzle
September 5, 2021

8. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

9. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

10. Navigational device that measures star positions

15. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)

17. Used logic gates

19. Opposite of set

20. Software device for tracking elapsed time

22. Unit of length (abbr.)

23. Silicon transistor type

24. Ratio of circumference to diameter

25. First-in, first-out, abbr.

27. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

30. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.)

31. Move in a raster pattern

32. Network department (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for beryllium oxide

35. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

36. The scalar component of velocity

39. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured

41. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

42. Telecommunications Information Network Architecture (abbr.)

43. Shortcut for transferring information across long distances

44. Miniature RF connector

46. Half of DSB

48. Inventor of the high voltage generator that powers the Jacob's Ladder (2 wds. - 4, actually)

3. "Peace Prize" endowment creator, who made his fortune on the discovery of dynamite

4. Chemical symbol for cadmium

5. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

6. The "O" in CMOS

7. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

10. Junk e-mail

11. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

12. The "T" in TEM

13. Logical negation operator

14. Cause a circuit breaker to open

16. Digital logic data retention device (pl.)

18. The "E" in laser

19. Does it with a mouse

21. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

25. A BPF specification (abbr.)

26. Chemical symbol for francium

28. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for tin

33. The "T" in ATE

35. Adjust

37. Number that is divisible only by itself and 1

38. Singulated piece of IC wafer

39. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

40. Strong, lightweight wood

44. Chemical symbol for antimony

45. Chemical symbol for bromine

46. Chemical symbol for strontium

47. Stock symbol for Boeing

Take a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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