2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles
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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.
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ACROSS
1. Stock symbol for Conexant 4. PCB
fabricator in Baltimore, MD - also the brightest star in Canis Minor
9. Form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules 12. Chemical symbol for rubidium
14. 1E6 nanoseconds 15. Chemical symbol for lithium 16. Greek letter 18. Branch of physics dealing with
objects in motion 23. _________ Microwave, I/Q & SSB mixer products vendor in Bloomington, IN 28. U.S.
Spectrum allocation agency
29. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.) 32. Frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive
images (2 wds.) 37. Amplifier terminal 40. Type of transistor (abbr., pl.) 42. Amplifier Solutions
Corporation, located in Colmar, PA (abbr.) 45. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device
47. Digital voltmeter (abbr.) 49. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.) 51. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
52. Voltage-current phase mnemonic 53. ELI the ICE ___ 54. American Microwave Corporation (abbr). 55.
Microprocessor vendor 59. Capacitor vendor in Greenville, SC 62. RF/microwave software vendor in Norcross,
GA (now owned by Agilent)
68. Attenuator 70. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.) 73. _________ University
Press, technical book publisher 76. Brightness of a star 79. Test equipment (abbr.) 80. Centimeter
(abbr.) 82. Boob tube (abbr.) 83. Army-Navy specification prefix 84. Mate to a bolt, pl. 85.
Concentric cable type 86. Sudden, brief increase in wind speed
DOWN
2. ___, manufacturer of custom RF & microwave
filters, Overland Park, KS (abbr.) 3. Follow a target on radar
5. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.) 6. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.) 7. Ham-ese for Young Lady
8. Output intercept point (abbr.) 9. Common test for verifying high voltage tolerance w/o breakdown 10. A
common battery cell size 11. Unit of length (abbr.) 13. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector 16.
Amateurese for "wife" 17. Morse Code for "from" 19. Chemical symbol for europium 20. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
21. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.) 22. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by." 24. One port of an amplifier
25. Chemical symbol for mercury 26. Chemical symbol for antimony
27. ________ Microwave, passive RF component manufacturer in Fairview, TX 30. Portable storage format for
personal computers 31. Greek letter used for frequency 32. Unit of inductance (abbr.) 33. ______
Devices, IC manufacturer headquartered in Norwood, MA
34. Colorado city 35. 1.602E-19 Joules 36. 300 kHz to 3 MHz 38. Unit of liquid volume 39. Loose end
of a cable 40. Mr. Kilby's first name 41. ECM response 43. Type of component package (abbr.) 44.
Chemical symbol for cadmium 45. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo 46. Ratio of circumference
to diameter 47. Decimeter (abbr.) 48. Chemical symbol for manganese 49. Chemical symbol for radium
50. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.) 56. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 57. One component of a
complex number (abbr.) 58. Chemical symbol for neon 60. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.) 61.
Components 63. Conductor size unit (abbr.) 64. Last statement in a BASIC program 65. Government program
to bring electricity to farms (abbr.) 66. C# statement that ensures Dispose is called even if an exception
occurs 67. Chemical symbol for lanthanum 68. Chemical symbol for lead 69. Singulated piece of IC wafer
70. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.) 71. Network department (abbr.) 72. Opposite of I.D. 73. Chemical symbol
for chromium 74. Minutes of Use (abbr.) 75. Engineering Change Order (abbr.) 76. Very large unit of
apparent power (abbr.) 77. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.) 78. Chemical symbol for erbium 81.
1/000 of an amp (abbr.) 82. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
See solution below
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