9/23/2005 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Person responsible for program spending, abbr.

3 2/3 of a triac

7 Unix, Linux or Windows, abbr.

8 Element N

10 A logic gate type

11 88-108 MHz band

12 Army-Navy spec.

14 Local Oscillator

15 3 GHz to 30 GHz

17 Unstable edge phenomenon

19 Chemical symbol for iron

21 Semiconductor and calculator company, abbr.

22 Max or min voltage of a waveform

23 Electromagnetic, abbr.

25 10^ numerical prefix

26 Illumination device

28 Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

29 System On Chip

30 Opposite of I.D.

31 Name given to the quotient of the sum of several quantities and their number

32 Metal parts engineer, abbr.

33 Type of current flow

35 Cable type approved for direct burial

36 1/000 of an amp

37 Ratio of circumference to diameter

39 MS database

40 Base Station Transceivers

41 1.602E-19 Joules

43 Flip-flop type

45 European equivalent to the U.L.

46 Logical negation

48 Type of FET

49 Galilean moon

50 Isolator, oscillator vendor in Tampa, FL

51 Virtual Private Network

DOWN

1 A type of source for an electrical circuit

2 Chemical symbol for arsenic

4 One port of an amplifier

5 Online service, abbr.

6 Intermodulation caused by the modulation of the carrier of a desired signal by an undesired signal

8 Home state of Los Alamos lab, abbr.

9 1e-6 mA

11 Category of model aviation, abbr.

13 A receiver figure of merit, abbr.

16 Opposite of a LO

17 Type of flip flop

18 One component of a complex number, abbr.

20 Occlusion of one heavenly body by another

22 Last stage in a transmitter, abbr.

24 Repositioned

25 Conduct R&D

26 Front edge of a wing, abbr.

27 Type of insulation

28 Greek letter used for wavelength

29 One frequency output component of a mixer

30 Switch position

32 300 kHz to 3 MHz

34 Super glue, abbr.

35 World's only remaining superpower, abbr.

36 1E6 nanoseconds

38 Infrared

40 Chemical symbol for beryllium

42 Aircraft navigation system, abbr.

44 Symbol for tin

45 Mechanical drawing abbreviation for a datum

47 Professor's student instructor, abbr.

49 Internet Protocol

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