2/15/2003 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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 Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Recognizable star pattern

11 Parallel processing computer hearts

12 Thread cutting tool

13 Data conversion devices

15 One port of an amplifier

16 Miniature threaded RF connector

17 Wire harness cord

18 Start frequency, abbr.

19 1E6 nanoseconds

20 RF amplifier vendor in Acaso, CA

21 Halves of DIPs

22 Data conversion device

24 Raise up

25 More than one focus

26 Universal asynchronous transmit/receive

28 He invented the steam engine

29 Same height at all points

30 Nordic Mobile Telephone

32 Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

33 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

34 Opposite of O.D.

35 Internet mailbox type

37 Very small aperture terminal

38 Galilean moon

39 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

40 Frequency division duplex

41 Bands between RF and baseband

42 Graphics workshop

44 Center frequency, abbr.

46 Round, flat object

47 Ends of soldering irons

48 Solder terminals

49 Logic gate

50 Institute of Electrical Engineers (U.K)

51 Negative gain

53 Test equipment manufacturer

54 Unix, Linux or Windows

55 Drill a hole

56 Type of chart

57 Software engineering tool

58 Forerunner to NASA

59 Cooling device

60 Amateur radio operators

61 Programmable attenuator maker in Indianapolis, IN

DOWN

1 Computer brains

2 One port of an amplifier

3 Unit of time

4 Time Division Multiple Access

5 Electronics Industry Association

6 Front edge of a wing, abbr.

7 Change connector type

8 Total Access Communication System

9 Current-voltage phase mnemonic

10 Unix, Linux or Windows

11 Information exchange

14 TE for analog signals, pl.

16 Special diode that can be switched

17 Force opposite of gravity

18 Crystal surface

21 Conduct a ____ survey for an antenna

22 Opposite of a hawk

23 Computer display type

24 Be behind in phase

25 Unit of length, pl.

27 Microelectronics manufacturer

29 Have a positive phase wrt a reference

31 Frequency vs. amplitude plot

33 Communications scheme

35 Circuit substrates

36 Type of modulation, abbr.

37 300 Hz to 3 kHz

38 Bands between RF and baseband

39 Aircraft fabric finish liquid

41 Digital filter class

43 Thread cutting tools

44 Overcurrent protection device

45 Metric system

46 Department of Defense

48 Older navigation system

51 Collection of points

52 Unit of liquid measure

53 Amateur radio operators

55 Bulk Acoustic Wave

56 Last stages in transmitters

57 Software engineering tool

58 Noise figure, abbr.

59 Upper frequency, abbr.

60 Opposite of a LO


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