Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
September 20, 2015

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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for September 20, 2015 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Opposite of common mode
12. A crescent shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two intersecting arcs
13. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)
14. An overcurrent protection device
16. __ + 32 Across is this website's title
18. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
20. Chemical symbol for neodymium
22. Chemical symbol for lithium
23. Chemical symbol for aluminum
24. Amateur Radio Association (acr.)
26. Equal to 4" in equestrian circles
29. High electron mobility transistor
31. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)
32. 16 Across + ____ is this website's title
34. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)
35. Exponent that returns the original number
36. Logic family
37. Chemical symbol for europium
38. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
40. ______ velocity - speed necessary to become free of the Earth's gravitational force
43. Equalizer (abbr.)
44. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
45. Chemical symbol for niobium
47. The Microwave Office software company, now NI (abbr.)
49. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
50. Type of memory
52. Opposite of a LO
53. Chemical symbol for helium
54. System On Chip
55. Unit of length (abbr.)
56. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)
57. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
58. Read-only (abbr.)
59. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
60. The "E" in FET
63. Type of component package (abbr.)
65. 1E6 nanoseconds
67. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)
69. Printer resolution abbreviation
70. Image file format name extension
72. Very small aperture terminal
74. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
75. An abbreviation for "transmitter"
76. Most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance
78. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)
79. Type of logic gate
80. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
81. Chemical symbol for terbium
83. Chemical symbol for rhodium
85. Chemical symbol for silicon
86. Do a total memory transfer
88. Network configuration type
90. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)
91. Use a systematic approach to locate the cause of a fault in an electronic circuit or system
1. Device under test (abbr.)
2. Foot/12
3. Chemical symbol for iron
4. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
5. Stock symbol for Raytheon
6. IC killer (abbr.)
7. Chemical symbol for nickel
8. Band between RF and BB
9. Automated universal inductance tester - watch that 3rd letter, (abbr.)
10. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)
11. PCB interconnect
15. Configure a switch to make electrical contact
17. Discoverer of the dark absorption lines (named after him) in the sun's spectrum
19. The "I" in IP2 and IP3 (pl.)
21. Creating a signal for injection into a system
23. Mass of an element
25. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (acr.)
27. Chemical symbol for gold
28. Cellphone band below PCS
29. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere
30. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
31. Related to FM by a differential
33. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
36. "Calling any amateur radio station"
39. Type of cryptographic algorithm that takes a string and converts it to a numeric code
41. Counter ElectroMotive Force (abbr.)
42. Mechanical engineering organization (acr.)
43. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)
46. Chemical symbol for beryllium
48. Write-Once (abbr.)
51. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
52. Chemical symbol for holmium
58. Device attached to an antenna mast which rotates it so that the antenna can point in different directions
59. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
61. Type of digital filter (abbr.)
62. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
64. 1e3 uV
66. Remove insulation from a wire
68. Type of current
69. Decimeter (abbr.)
71. Start frequency (abbr.)
73. Chemical symbol for selenium
75. Transformer, abbr.
77. The constellation in which Canopus is located
80. Mate to a bolt
81. Logic family (abbr.)
82. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (acr.)
84. Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
87. Chemical symbol for polonium
88. Chemical symbol for antimony
89. Type of flip-flop
90. Galilean moon

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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 20, 2015 - RF Cafe