8/19/2003 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

Take a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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ACROSS 1 Premier zero-phase-hit oscillator vendor in Rockleigh, NJ (2 words) 12 Audio Frequency, abbr. 13 Modulation type 14 Symbol for prefix "deca" 15 BP filter spec, abbr. 16 Cable type rated for direct burial, abbr. 18 SIP x 2 20 Signal-to-noise ratio, abbr. 22 Global positioning system, abbr. 24 Test point, abbr. 25 Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo 26 300 kHz to 3 MHz, abbr. 27 Coder/decoder 29 Max or min voltage of a waveform, abbr. 30 Component of product cost, abbr. 31 Cable termination type 32 Section of a circle 33 Online service 35 Precision radar, abbr. 36 Infrared, abbr. 37 Current-voltage phase mnemonic 38 Metal parts engineers 39 Unit of time 40 A "1" or a "0" 41 Transverse Electromagnetic, abbr. 43 A zodiacal constellation 44 Digital Storage Oscilloscope, abbr. 45 The part of an imaginary number that isn't Im 46 1E6 nanoseconds 48 Point of rotation 50 Ratio of circumference to diameter 52 One port of an amplifier 53 Infrared, abbr. 54 Microelectronics manufacturer 56 Journal 57 Special diode that can be switched 58 Semiconductor and calculator company, abbr. 59 Path followed by a heavenly body 61 LED vendor in Palatine, IL 63 The amount of matter that a body contains 64 Elementary particle found in the nucleus 65 Thread cutting tools	DOWN 1 A state of balance within a system 2 Super glue, abbr. 3 Offset Frequency Division Modulation, abbr. 4 Transformer interwinding connection 5 Electromagnetic, abbr. 6 Left-____ or Right-____ Rule in electromagnetics 7 Opposite of I.D. 8 Be behind in phase 9 Gaussian filtered frequency shift keying 10 Integrated circuit, abbr. 11 The study of objects traveling faster than sound 17 A type of mathematical transform 19 Band between RF and baseband, abbr. 20 System On Chip, abbr. 21 Government program to bring electricity to farms, abbr. 23 Min-to-max voltage of a waveform, abbr. 24 Surveying instrument 27 Phenomenon of slowly changing a parameter 28 Heavenly body having a tail 32 Logic family 34 Low Earth Orbit, abbr. 42 1/000 of an inch 43 Short for logarithm 46 The red planet 47 Miniature RF connector 49 The unit of potential difference 50 Modulation technique, abbr. 51 Infrared Emitting Diode, abbr. 55 Family of electrical connectors 57 Hub of the solar system 59 Unix, Linux or Windows 60 Test equipment, abbr. 61 Local Oscillator, abbr. 62 Greek letter
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