Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
June 26, 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 Cafe - 6/26/2011 Engineering & Science Crossword


ACROSS DOWN
1. Describes a charge with a deficiency of electrons
4. Negative terminals
8. 1E6 nanoseconds
11. Change from the initial value
13. Software storage unit
15. Voltage limiter
18. 3 kHz to 30 kHz
19. Its chemical symbol is Os
20. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
21. Linux Operating System (abbr.)
23. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
25. Master Earth Station (abbr.)
27. Adds solder to the tip of a soldering iron
28. Small unit of time
31. Add an impurity to a semiconductor
34. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
36. Total radiated power (abbr.)
38. Subject a circuit to extreme operation
41. Singulated piece of IC wafer
43. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
44. The quality factor of a component under normal operating conditions (1 wd. + 1 ltr.)
45. Tie a bundle of wires together
46. Pertaining to Boolean operations
47. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
48. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
49. Patch cable company in Pomona, Calif.
50. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)
51. Ratio of circumference to diameter
56. Plane circular area
58. Connector strain reliefs
61. 12 inches (pl.)
62. ELI the ICE ___
64. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
65. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)
66. Cable termination type
68. Existing in only 2 dimensions
71. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
72. Amateur Teleprinter Over Radio (abbr.)
73. Unit of energy (pl.)
74. A sudden and temporary increase in voltage, current, or power
76. Chemical symbol for selenium
78. Its chemical symbol is V
79. Electromagnetic wavelength unit
1. Chemical symbol for palladium
2. Electro-mechanical control devices
3. Image file format name extension
5. Two of these in a whole
6. Did a total memory transfer
7. Type of component package (abbr.)
8. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1789
9. _____ rule, a 1950s engineer's tool
10. Inserting an inductor at the center of an antenna to achieve a lower resonant frequency (2 wds.)
12. Precision landing system (abbr.)
13. Start frequency (abbr.)
14. Chemical symbol for europium
16. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)
17. A type of frequency compensation used in an electronic amplifier in which a capacitor is introduced between the input and output sides of the amplifier (2 wds.)
21. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)
22. Rotate about the vertical axis
24. Exponent that returns the original number
26. System On Chip
29. Microsoft's e-mail software
30. Sensors vendor in Hauppauge, NY
32. Term used to interrupt a conversation on a repeater to indicate that there is an emergency or urgent message
33. Greek letter, used to indicate summation
35. Electrical overstress (abbr.)
36. Time division duplex (abbr.)
37. Personal Digital Cellular
39. Type of data storage IC
40. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
41. U.S. military organization (abbr.)
42. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
43. Once around a circuit
52. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)
53. Amateur radio enthusiast
54. Oscillator type that is referenced to an external source (abbr.)
55. Wired Equivalent Privacy (abbr.)
57. Filter type commonly used in phase-locked-loops
59. Network configuration type (pl.)
60. Device for allowing two surfaces to rotate wrt each other
61. Early German aircraft designer
63. Mate to a bolt
65. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
67. A common IC bondwire metal
69. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
70. Chemical symbol for arsenic
71. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)
75. Boob tube (abbr.)
77. Centimeter (abbr.)



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RF Cafe - 6/26/2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Solution