June 27, 2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles, June 27, 2010

ACROSS

1. ______ Electronics - passive RF component vendor in Clifton, NJ
4. Environmental barrier device (pl.)
7. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
9. Boob tube (abbr.)
10. Chemical symbol for lutetium
11. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.
13. Type of component package (abbr.)
15. Fuel additive
18. _______ Radar, RFIC company in Frankfurt, Germany
21. Tool for removing insulation from a wire
24. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
25. Unit of time (abbr.)
26. ____ Labs, Wireline(tm) maker in Hollis, NH, now part of Spectrum Microwave
30. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
31. Finite-Element Model
33. Switch position
34. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.)
35. User Datagram Protocol
38. Small DIP package (abbr.)
40. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr.)
41. _____ factor, the peak-to-average waveform value
43. End-to-end joint
46. 1.602E-19 Joules
47. Unit of inductance
49. ____RF, passive RF component manufacturer in Huntersville, NC
50. Ham radio organization (abbr.)
52. Chemical symbol for europium
54. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)
56. Chemical symbol for radon
57. 3 GHz to 30 GHz
58. Used logic gates
60. Chemical symbol for palladium
62. Part of a FOR loop
65. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
66. Chemical symbol for lithium
68. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
69. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)
70. Quickly changing portion of waveform
71. Uppermost surface
72. Keyboard key
74. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)
76. Uppermost surface (pl.)
79. Unit of weight
80. Short for synchronous
81. Chemical symbol for radium
82. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged order."
85. Chemical symbol for nobelium
86. Vector multiplication that returns a scalar value (pl.)
87. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

DOWN

1. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)
2. PCB mask exposing ray (abbr.)
3. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)
4. Type of microwave diode
5. Mr. Blattenberger of RF Cafe
6. Force a signal to an insignificant level
7. Software storage unit
8. Unit of length (abbr.)
12. Chart types
14. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
16. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)
17. Method of connecting redundant power supplies (pl.)
19. Have a positive phase wrt a reference
20. Shorthand for oxygen
22. Filter manufacturer located in Gaithersburg, MD
23. Used a systematic approach to locate the cause of a fault in an electronic circuit or system
27. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.)
28. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
29. RF ____, RF/microwave consulting company in Rochester, NY
32. Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
36. 10^1 numerical prefix
37. Chemical symbol for lawrencium
39. Ham's code for "What is your location?"
41. A gaseous process that deposits insulating films or metal onto a wafer at elevated temperature (abbr.)
42. Equalizer (abbr.)
44. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
45. The constellation in which Canopus is located
46. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
48. Chemical symbol for neodymium
50. _______ Factor, antenna manufacturer in Merlin, OR; also, an EM radiating structure
51. Part of this website's title
53. 300 MHz to 3 GHz
55. Flip-flop control input
59. Positive voltage lead color
60. Greek letter often used to represent an angle
61. Type of spread spectrum that does not use frequency hopping (abbr.)
63. Opposite of I.D.
64. ______ Telecom, waveguide components manufacturer in Melbourne, Australia; also, a mathematical quantity that has both direction and magnitude
66. Linux Operating System (abbr.)
67. Internet protocol (abbr.)
71. Attenuator topology (hyph.)
73. Termination
75. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
77. Method of connecting redundant power supplies
78. Ham's code for "Unable to copy you."
82. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
83. Chemical symbol for argon
84. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)
85. 1e-6 mA


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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles, June 27, 2010