8 /8/2006 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1. 10^1 numerical prefix 2. Ability of a receiver to detect weak signals 11. Unit of time, abbr. 13. Designer and manufacturer of GaAs FET power semiconductor devices and MMICs in Clarksburg, MD 14. Complex conjugate to a source, pl. 15. Part of a FOR loop 17. Imaging devices, abbr. 18. Sends a file over a network 19. Super glue, abbr. 20. A capacitor spec., abbr. 22. Akin to an EE, AE, or CE 23. Chemical symbol for beryllium oxide 25. Chemical symbol for arsenic 26. Unit of weight 27. Equalizer, abbr. 28. Plug-ins for computer buses 30. 1e-6 mA 31. Picofarad, abbr. 32. Keyboard key, abbr. 34. A digital filter type, abbr. 37. A measure of receiver quality, abbr. 39. Webmaster of the RF Cafe website 40. 1/000 of an amp 41. A measure of airflow, abbr. 42. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices 43. Electromagnetic, abbr. 45. Centimeter, abbr. 46. An attenuator topology 50. One port of an amplifier 52. Device Under Test 54. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform, abbr. 56. Archaic unit of length 57. Logarithmic ratio, abbr. 59. Type of electrical wire insulation, abbr. 61. Audio Frequency 62. A type of some coaxial cable shielding 64. PCB feedthroughs 66. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo 67. Digital storage units 68. Integration by _____ 69. Test Equipment, abbr. 70. Opposition to the real part of current, pl. 71. Test equipment manufacturer, formerly	DOWN 1. Power supply vendor in Mansfield, MA 2. Miniature RF connector 3. ECM response 4. Current summing point 5. Short Message Service 6. Used to periodically trigger events 7. 3 kHz to 30 kHz 8. Greek letter 9. Transformer interwinding connections 10. 36 in., pl. 12. 2 GHz to 4 GHz 16. Unix, Linux or Windows 19. A LP filter spec 21. Bend light rays 23. Stock symbol for Boeing 24. Opposite of I.D. 26. Trigonometry function 28. Voltage limiter 29. SIgnal to Noise And Distortion 31. Passive Intermodulation 32. Relative power level unit, abbr. 33. 30 Hz to 300 Hz 35. Big Blue 36. Positive voltage lead color 38. Finite-Element Model 44. Change connector type 47. Infrared 48. A dimensionless location in space 49. Analog-to-Digital 51. O-scope time base action 53. Microfarad, abbr. 54. This might cancel a zero 55. Chart types 57. Bilateral trigger diode 58. No insulation 60. Chemical symbol for mercury 62. Type of digital filter, abbr. 63. Family of TTL logic 64. Virtual Private Network 65. Official Space Shuttle designation
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