Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

October 9, 2011

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle, October 9, 2011 - RF Cafe

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1. Plane curve traced out by a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed line is equal to its distance from a fixed point

4. Its chemical symbol is N

8. Chemical symbol for neptunium

10. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

11. Represented across the country

13. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

16. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

18. "Texting" (abbr.)

20. Automatons

22. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

24. Constellation : The whale

25. Imaging device (abbr.)

27. A common battery cell size

29. Mass unit (abbr., pl.)

31. 1e-6 mA

33. Communications where only one entity can transmit at a time

37. 36 in. (abbr., pl.)

39. Collection of electronic records (abbr.)

40. 10^1 numerical prefix

41. The highest numerical exponent describes this property of a polynomial

43. Chemical symbol for arsenic

45. Prefix for font without serifs

47. Unit of capacitance

48. Weight (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

51. Type of chart used to plot immittance

53. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market

54. Chemical symbol for scandium

55. _____&Schwarz

56. Chemical symbol for platinum

58. Method of connecting redundant power supplies

60. Computer monitor cable type (abbr.)

62. Integrates data onto a carrier wave

66. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

67. File name extension for an ASCII file

69. Measure of source / load mismatch (abbr.)

71. Method of connecting redundant power supplies (pl.)

73. Unwanted 60- or 120- Hz modulation due to poor power supply filtering (2 wds.)

75. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

77. Containing contaminants

78. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

79. Unit of admittance

81. Chemical symbol for selenium

83. Marconi's transmitter configuration (2 wds.)

86. Greek letter

88. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

89. Mechanically connected component leads in preparation for soldering

90. Type of heat engine operating by cyclic compression and expansion of a gas at different temperature levels such that there is a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work

1. Area outside the stopband

2. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

3. The LM741 was the first

4. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

5. Logic family (abbr.)

6. Output intercept point (abbr.)

7. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

8. Chemical symbol for nobelium

9. Data declaration type in software (pl.)

11. Chemical symbol for neon

12. Logic family

14. High-speed circuit-switched data (abbr.)

15. IC killer (abbr.)

16. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

17. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

19. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

21. Chemical symbol for tantalum

23. International phonetic alphabet letter "P"

24. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

26. Chemical symbol for bismuth

28. Chemical symbol for aluminum

30. Opamp circuit for converting an inductance into a capacitance, and vice versa

32. Soaks up RF energy

33. Thermocouple, photodetector, limit switch, for example

34. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

35. Type of logic gate

36. Summers

38. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

42. Type of data storage IC

44. Tool for removing insulation from a wire (pl.)

46. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

47. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

50. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

52. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

56. It is the "P" in S2P

57. Time delay (abbr.)

59. Removing oxygen from or adding hydrogen to a compound

61. State of matter (pl.)

63. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

64. Pure carrier (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for europium

68. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

70. Modulation type (abbr.)

71. Unit of resistance

72. Part of this website's name

74. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere

76. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver's circuitry

77. Galilean moon

80. Test equipment manufacturer, now Agilent (abbr.)

82. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

83. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

84. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

85. Chemical symbol for rhodium

86. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

87. Chemical symbol for thallium


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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution, October 9, 2011 - RF Cafe