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1. Symbols and lines used to construct a representative drawing of a system at a high level (2 wds.) 8.
Army-Navy specification prefix 9. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.) 10. Agilent's EE design
software (abbr.) 12. Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.) 14. Abbreviation for acknowledge
(also a common word used by Bill the Cat) 15. Unit of time 18. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)
19. Chemical symbol for lithium 20. Chemical symbol for aluminum 21. 1/6 inch printer's measure 23.
Opposite of O.D. 24. Feedback system used to maintain constant level (abbr.) 26. Family of ICs with a
certain component density level (abbr.) 27. Space-saving dipole configuration 30. Circuit containing a
mixture of technologies 32. 30 GHz to 300 GHz 33. Digital voltmeter (abbr.) 35. Front edge of a wing
(abbr.) 36. European equivalent to the U.L. 37. Centimeter (abbr.) 39. Morse Code for "from" 40.
Indium phosphide 41. Parts _____ 42. Type of logic gate 43. SIP x 2 45. 2 x SSB
47. Electromotive force (abbr.) 49. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.) 51. He, along with A.A. Michaelson,
precisely measured the speed of light
1. Stock symbol for Boeing 2. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)
3. Connected devices in series 4. Type of data conversion device (abbr.) 5. Band between RF and BB 6.
A common battery cell size 7. Type of logic gate 11. Mr. Packard's (HP) first name 12. Device under
test (abbr.) 13. Chemical symbol for bromine 15. The "H" in UHF 16. Unpowered airplane 17.
Impurity in a semiconductor 19. Chemical symbol for lanthanum 20. Application Specific Integrated
Circuit (abbr.) 22. Megohm (abbr.) 25. Solid of rotation 26. Chemical symbol for lawrencium 28. 30
kHz to 300 kHz 29. This calculus operation yields current through an inductor 31. Forms a resistor lead
34. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc. 38. Input intercept point (abbr.) 41. Chemical symbol for lithium 43.
Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.) 44. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.) 46. The UK's
largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.) 47. Chemical symbol for erbium 48. Chemical symbol for
mendelevium 50. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
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