5/9/2005 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1 Circuit for firing a magnetron, abbr. 2 Type of data packet transmission, abbr. 4 Type of flip flop 5 Programmable Logic Device 8 Opposite of O.D. 10 A receiver quality specification, abbr. 11 Dials 12 Integrated Circuit 14 Modern battlefield technique, abbr. 16 Last stages in transmitters, abbr. 18 Measure of acidity, abbr. 19 Precision landing system, abbr. 21 Pentium III, for example 23 Airplane bodies 24 Computer monitor cable type, abbr. 25 Institute of Electrical Engineers (U.K.) 26 Infrared 28 RF connector type 30 Component of product cost, abbr. 31 Noise figure, abbr. 32 Lengths times widths 33 Electrical safety organization, abbr. 34 Lubricant 36 Integrated Logistic System 37 Printer manufacturer 40 Dilbert's female co-worker 43 Attenuators 44 Solid figure generated by the straight lines which pass from a circle to a single point not in the same plane as the circle 45 European spectrum allocation agency, abbr. 48 L-C resonating circuit 52 Electronic Intelligence, abbr. 53 ASICs vendor in San Jose, CA 55 Peripheral Component Interface 56 Frequency-determining element in a microwave oscillator 58 Type of current flow 59 Have a chemically induced effect 62 Upper Frequency, abbr. 63 One mode of a waveguide 64 100% 66 Semiconductor and calculator company 67 Radio type in a '65 Chevy 68 Colorado resort town 70 They can cancel out zeros 75 Personal Computer 76 Another unit of time, abbr. 78 Type of printed antenna, pl. 81 Type of current 82 Symbol for tin 83 One instant in a video stream 84 Chemical symbol for beryllium 85 Part of this website's name 87 Power Management Device 88 Opposite of a LO 89 Amplifier vendor in Santa Clara, CA 90 Kind of Internet mail address scheme	DOWN 1 Max or min voltage of a waveform 3 Ratio of circumference to diameter 4 RF attenuator manufacturer in Indianapolis, IN 5 Silicon transistor type 6 Transistor amplifier design tool 7 Logarithmic units of power, abbr. 9 2 x SIP 10 Uncharged subatomic particle that has zero rest mass 13 Central regions in FETs 15 Mates to jacks 17 One component of the velocity vector 19 Maker of quality spectrum analyzers in Wichita, Kansas 20 DSB / 2 21 Common Gateway Interface 22 Employ 27 WLAN PA, for example, abbr. 28 Talks to a receiver 29 Abilities to store a charges 30 The "R" in DRC 35 Polish to tight -fitting tolerance 36 Current-voltage phase mnemonic (last half of 45D) 38 1e-6 mA 39 Opposite of I.D. 41 Local Oscillator 42 One port of an amplifier 45 Voltage-current phase mnemonic (first part of 36D) 46 Semiconductor and calculator company 47 Symbol for tin 49 PC follower 50 Home state of Los Alamos lab 51 Cryptography need 52 ECM response 54 Force produced by a wing 55 Graphical fill lines 57 Guided missile's need 59 One component of a complex number, abbr. 60 Colorado Springs military school 61 ___-IP (Internet) 64 Related to FM by a differential 65 Test Equipment, abbr. 67 Unit of current 69 Negative Temperature Coefficient 71 Unix, Linux or Windows 72 Filter type, abbr. 73 Antenna power abbreviation 74 Static Random Access Memory 75 Unit of time, abbr. 77 Relative level of intended signal to noise, abbr. 79 Microelectronics manufacturer, abbr. 80 Front edge of a wing, abbr. 81 Antenna gain unit, abbr. 86 BPF spec. 88 Test equipment manufacturer
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