RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle
August 6, 2017

Avid cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate this new RF & Microwave crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Enjoy!


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle for August 6, 2017 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Chemical symbol for scandium

2. Entity created by virtue of a changing electric current (2 wds.)

4. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

6. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter

7. Speed setting mechanisms on an engine

9. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

10. One bit of a real number

11. 2-element, 1/2 wavelength radiating structure fed at the center (2 wds., pl.)

13. A length of transmission line that is open or shorted at one end (pl.)

14. Join two or more wires (pl.)

16. Opposite of set

17. A simple machine

18. Extracted information from a carrier signal

19. Data transfer rates

20. Formal messages exchanged via radio

21. Communications pairing between transmitter and receiver (pl.)

22. Which geometric solid has a square base and triangular sides

24. Type of semiconductor construction used in RF power amplifiers (abbr.)

25. Device used to measure change in velocity (pl.)

27. Solid of rotation whose sides are the hypotenuse of a right triangle

29. Input intercept point (abbr.)

30. Digital circuit type for making counters (1 ltr, 2 wds.)

32. Electro-mechanical control device

33. Chemical symbol for neon

34. A type of frequency compensation used in an electronic amplifier in which a capacitor is introduced between the input and output sides of the amplifier (2 wds.)

35. Opposite of I.D.

1. Unintended frequency products from a mixer

3. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

5. Vector multiplication that returns a vector value (2 wds., pl.)

8. Lubricant

12. A keyboard key

13. What is the flash of light which occurs when an ionizing particle strikes a fluorescent screen

15. The property of matter by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force

23. Type of memory

26. Electromotive force (abbr.)

28. Generated an official engineering change document

31. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)


See solution below

 

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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution for August 6, 2017 - RF Cafe