Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
September 25, 2011

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 & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle, September 25, 2011 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. They address receivers
8. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)
9. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
11. Method of connecting redundant power supplies (pl.)
12. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
14. Workplace safety group (abbr.)
17. Chemical symbol for selenium
19. 1e-6 mA
20. Oscillator type that is referenced to an external source (abbr., pl.)
22. ____-Einstein condensates
24. Chemical symbol for californium
26. Tie a bundle of wires together
28. ESD protective apparel
29. Indium Gallium Phosphor semiconductor (abbr.)
31. Forerunner to NASA
33. Chemical symbol for magnesium
34. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)
36. Logical gate type (pl.)
38. 1.602E-19 Joules
39. Short for terminal
41. Internet mail protocol (abbr.)
43. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
45. A length of transmission line that is open or shorted at one end
47. 36 inches
49. Type of current flow (abbr.)
51. Small DIP package (abbr.)
53. Automaton
54. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"
56. American space agency (abbr.)
58. Unit of length (abbr.)
59. Connector type
61. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)
63. Chemical symbol for calcium
64. Chemical symbol for ytterbium
66. Cellular Digital Packet Data
67. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)
68. Online service
69. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
72. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr., pl.)
73. Inventor of an oscillator type named after him that incorporates a crystal (2 wds.)
1. Prefix meaning ground or earth
2. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)
3. A common battery cell size
4. The "S" in SOIC
5. Opposite of O.D.
6. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)
7. Type of component package (abbr.)
8. Property of a semiconductor that causes intermodulation
10. Chemical symbol for cesium
12. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
13. RF computer network
15. Chemical symbol for antimony
16. Material testing organization (abbr.)
18. A non-geometrical growth rate (pl.)
21. Move in a raster pattern
23. Unit of energy (pl.)
24. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
25. Fairchild Advanced Schottky TTL (abbr.)
27. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
30. Chart types
32. Branch of the armed forces
35. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)
37. Type of network configuration
40. Elementary particle
42. Type of data storage IC (abbr.)
44. Computer Assisted Design and Development
46. Steady-state voltage reference
48. Logarithmic unit of power
50. Complex Instruction Set Computer
52. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)
55. Relating to sound
57. Computer character set (abbr.)
60. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
62. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
63. Solid of rotation whose sides are the hypotenuse of a right triangle
65. Chemical symbol for beryllium
68. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)
70. Chemical symbol for magnesium
71. Test equipment (abbr.)
72. Chemical symbol for praseodymium



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RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, September 25, 2011 - RF Cafe