Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle
March 18, 2012

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.
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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle - March 18, 2012 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. The "S" in SOIC
5. Opposition to the flow of an electrical current
11. Display a radar target
15. Minutes of Use (abbr.)
16. Chemical symbol for chlorine
17. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)
18. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
20. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)
22. Weight (abbr.)
24. Chemical symbol for argon
25. Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor
27. Chemical symbol for francium
28. A keyboard key
30. Indium phosphide
31. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)
34. Input intercept point (abbr.)
35. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (abbr.)
36. Passing control to another operator
38. 1/6 inch printer's measure
39. Company that markets Delphi software
40. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
42. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
43. Chemical symbol for niobium
44. PC follower
45. Goes beyond published limits
47. Abbreviation for peak voltage
49. Instrument for measuring current
51. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)
53. End of transmission (abbr.)
54. Cable television (abbr.)
56. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)
57. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
59. Chemical symbol for polonium
60. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)
61. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
62. Type of modulation (abbr.)
64. A common lamp tube gas
66. Chemical symbol for nobelium
67. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)
68. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
70. Negation prefix
72. Network device that takes commands from another similar device
73. 3-D geometrical figure that is symmetrical about each of three perpendicular axes, and has circular sections along one axis and elliptical sections along the others (pl.)
74. Network configuration type (pl.)
1. Used to indicate an exponent (pl.)
2. Modulation type (abbr.)
3. Line of Sight (abbr.)
4. Name given to the emission of light from a substance which has not been heated
5. How long a stepped signal takes to go from 10% to 90% of its full-scale value (2 wds.)
6. Crystal filter type (abbr.)
7. Chemical symbol for scandium
8. Chemical symbol for thallium
9. Type of logic gate
10. Physical condition surrounding a system; e.g., temperature, humidity, vibration, altitude (pl.)
11. Means or path by which a radio signal travels from a transmitting station to a receiving station (pl.)
12. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)
13. Band between RF and BB
14. Device used to provide a complex conjugate impedance match to the end of a transmission line (pl.)
19. Chemical symbol for arsenic
21. Type of logic gate
23. Chemical symbol for tantalum
24. Chemical symbol for aluminum
26. 1/000 of an inch
27. Unit of length (abbr.)
29. Inductor used to block RF signals (pl.)
32. Morse Code for "from"
33. Type of component package (abbr.)
35. Summers
37. Cooling devices
39. Electron beam particle
41. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
42. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
46. Electrical overstress (abbr.)
47. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)
48. Chemical symbol for platinum
50. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
52. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
54. Chemical symbol for californium
55. 300 Hz to 3 kHz
58. Switch position
60. Amateur Television (abbr.)
61. Online service
63. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
65. Logical negation operator
67. A common battery cell size
68. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
69. Start frequency (abbr.)
71. 1e-6 mA



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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 18, 2012 - RF Cafe