Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
June 5, 2011 - IMS2011 Edition

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.

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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 RF Cafe  - June 5, 2011 Engineering Crossword


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1. Electronic component for passing certain frequencies and blocking others
3. Antenna test chamber
6. Related to FM by a differential
7. Base of the decimal number system
8. Test point (abbr.)
9. 1.602E-19 Joules
10. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)
12. Quantum electron property
14. 1e3 uV
15. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
16. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data
18. Chemical symbol for iron
19. Unit of time (abbr.)
20. A monovalent radical CH2=CH derived from ethylene by removal of one hydrogen atom
22. Chemical symbol for neon
24. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
25. Chemical symbol for argon
26. Karl Friedrich _____, after whom the unit of magnetic field strength is named
29. Chemical symbol for helium
30. Software function selection mechanism
32. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)
34. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
35. Major electrical test equipment manufacturer
37. Type of current
38. Test equipment (abbr.)
39. Type of current flow (abbr.)
41. Negatively doped silicon
43. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
45. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
47. The "R" in BER
48. Mate to a TX
49. Type of component package (abbr.)
50. More than one FET
53. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
55. Chemical symbol for bismuth
56. Chemical symbol for silicon
57. S11 (abbr., pl.)
58. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
59. Short for "intermodulation"
60. Tweaking a filter for the correct response
1. Cooling devices
2. The big microwave trade show in Baltimore this week: 5D + ______ + 4D
3. Unit of current
4. The big microwave trade show in Baltimore this week: 5D + ______ + 2D
5. The big microwave trade show in Baltimore this week: ___ +2D + 4D
6. Teflon (abbr.)
7. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
10. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)
11. Imaginary part of the opposition to current flow
13. Set of poles
14. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
15. Greek letter (micro)
17. Mathematics of angles
20. Diode type whose capacitance is controlled by a reverse bias (pl.)
21. Start frequency (abbr.)
23. Helium, iron, silicon, or uranium, for example
27. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
28. Astronomical Unit (93E6 miles)
29. Chemical symbol for mercury
31. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
32. Opposite of O.D.
33. Greek letter used for frequency
36. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
37. Switch configuration (abbr.)
40. High accuracy time reference element
42. High-temp wire insulation
43. Ham's code for "Does my frequency vary?"
44. Mate to an RX
46. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
47. RF integrated circuit (abbr.)
51. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
52. Threaded tuning rod in a coil
54. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss
56. Electronic component package type (abbr.)



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 RF Cafe  - June 5, 2011 Engineering Crossword Solution