Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
July 25, 2010

ACROSS

1. Unit of inductance (pl.)
9. High Data Rate
10. Type of logic gate
11. Variable Frequency Oscillator
12. Mass unit (abbr.)
13. Army-Navy specification prefix
17. Boob tube (abbr.)
19. Type of current
21. Column of rising hot air
23. Chemical symbol for bismuth
24. A class of passive ideal two-terminal circuit elements that maintain a functional relationship between the time integrals of current and voltage
27. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
29. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)
31. 10^-9 numerical prefix
32. 1e-6 mA
33. Part of a FOR loop
37. Portion of a circle
38. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
39. A polymer of imide monomers
43. Basic element
44. Limits voltages
47. Constellation : The bull
49. Parts ____
51. Reduced in amplitude
56. Type of flip-flop
57. Adjust a pot
58. Chemical symbol for thallium
59. Opposite of a LO
60. RF integrated circuit (abbr.)
61. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)
66. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
67. One component of a vector
71. Chemical symbol for manganese
72. Integrates data onto a carrier wave
74. Chemical symbol for zinc
75. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
76. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
78. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
79. Compressed image file format
82. 10^1 numerical prefix (pl.)
84. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)
86. Base 16 number system

DOWN

1. Chemical symbol for neodymium
2. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)
3. Shorthand for oxygen
4. Maintians a voltage for sampling
5. Chemical symbol for erbium
6. Part of this website's title
7. 1.602E-19 Joules
8. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr., pl.)
9. Chemical symbol for mercury
12. Kilovolts (abbr.)
14. Type of logic gate
15. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
16. Diode type whose capacitance is controlled by a reverse bias (pl.)
17. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
18. Chemical symbol for iron
20. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
21. Ham abbreviation for transceiver
22. End of transmission (abbr.)
23. Hand-held optical instrument
25. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
26. Internet protocol (abbr.)
28. The "C" in FCC
30. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
31. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
33. Time Division Multiplexing
34. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
35. Next to
36. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
38. Filter type with maximally flat group delay (pl.)
39. Unit of time (abbr.)
40. Stock symbol for Linear Technologies
41. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
42. Charged particles
45. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
46. A common battery cell size
47. Time delay (abbr.)
48. Internet address (abbr.)
50. Temporary Engineering Change documnet (abbr.)
52. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
53. Chemical symbol for radon
54. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
55. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
61. Positive voltage lead color
62. Agilent's EE design software
63. Non-return to zero (abbr.)
64. Type of current flow (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for nickel
66. Change from one thing into another
68. Electronic Numerical Integrater and Computer (abbr.)
69. End of soldering iron
70. Method of connecting redundant power supplies
71. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
73. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
75. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
77. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)
78. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
80. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo
81. Stock symbol for Boeing
82. Morse Code for "from"
83. Chemical symbol for silicon
85. Chemical symbol for chlorine

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