December 27, 2008 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe: Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Test equipment that causes a meter decrease (dip) when near resonant circuits, 3 wds.

8. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

9. Crystal filter type

11. Measured a waveform at regular intervals

15. Heatsink feature

17. Modulation type, abbr.

19. RF ____, the world's best engineering website

20. IC's

22. Local Oscillator

23. Unix, Linux or Windows

24. Majority carriers in p-type material

26. One port of an amplifier

28. RF connector manufacturer in Rock Hill, SC

30. Chemical symbol for arsenic

31. Chemical symbol for tin

32. Semiconductor and calculator company, abbr.

33. Infrared, abbr.

35. A common battery cell size

37. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

38. The "E" in EHF

40. Logical negation operator

42. _____-Carlo analysis

44. Abbreviation for peak voltage

46. Opposite of a LO

47. Greek symbol commonly used to represent angles

49. Set of poles

51. 1e3 uV

52. Solder paste vendor in Lincoln, RI

53. Measured

55. Finite-Element Model

57. Chemical symbol for selenium

58. Type of screwdriver head

DOWN

2. Precision landing system, abbr.

3. Constellation : The dragon

4. IC killer

5. Chemical symbol for tantalum

6. Modern battlefield technique, abbr.

7. Low risk estimate or action

10. Heat measuring instruments

12. Waveform limit definition, pl.

13. Unit of capacitance, abbr.

14. Front edge of a wing, abbr.

15. Type of nuclear reaction that powers an atom bomb

16. Internet protocol, abbr.

18. Minutes of Use

20. Chemical symbol for chlorine

21. Common form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules

24. Chemical symbol for mercury

25. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

27. Adjusted

29. RF attenuator maker, now owned by Aeroflex

34. One factor of a polynomial

36. Heat sink vendor in Laconia, NH

39. Chemical symbol for xenon

41. Unit of resistance

43. 1e-6 mA

45. Cambridge _____, technical book publisher

48. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

49. Chemical symbol for plutonium

50. Army-Navy spec

53. Miniature threaded RF connector

54. Keyboard key

55. Foot, abbr.

56. Chemical symbol for erbium


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