Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
January 1, 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.
2012 Crosswords Archive
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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 1/1/2012 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)
4. Describes stationary charges
13. Satellite TV system
16. Tied a bundle of wires together
17. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
18. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr.)
19. The LM741 was the first
20. IC killer (abbr.)
21. Network department (abbr.)
22. A circuit that takes two or more input signals, and produces an output that includes the sum and difference of those signal frequencies
25. Type of modulation (abbr.)
26. Software engineering tool (abbr.)
27. Chemical symbol for cesium
28. Start frequency (abbr.)
29. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.
30. Be behind in phase
32. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
34. Chemical symbol for scandium
35. Divide a signal into into chunks for campling
37. Exponent that returns the original number
39. Adds two or more inputs
41. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)
43. Negation prefix
45. Voltage limiter
47. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)
48. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)
50. Type of logic gate (pl.)
51. Voltage-current phase mnemonic
52. Joined a male and a female connector
53. Enhanced Graphics Adapter
54. Chemical symbol for beryllium oxide
55. RF ____, the world's best engineering website
58. Add solder to tip of iron
60. Transportation accident investigation agency (abbr.)
62. Ham-ese for Young Lady
64. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
65. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)
67. Unit of weight
69. One port of an amplifier
70. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
71. End of soldering iron
73. Equalizer (abbr.)
74. Hang the program
76. Chemical symbol for polonium
77. End of transmission (abbr.)
78. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame
79. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices
81. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
84. The "N" in AWGN
85. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
86. The sending of radio signals (pl.)
87. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)
1. Type of capacitor dielectric
2. The amount of matter that a body contains
3. Imaging device (abbr.)
4. Electron flow from a glowing cathode to an anode in an evacuated glass bulb (2 wds.)
5. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
6. Chemical symbol for cobalt
7. Considered the 4th dimension
8. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)
9. Prefix meaning ground or earth
10. Modulation type (abbr.)
11. Test point (abbr.)
12. Mathematical operation (pl.)
13. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
14. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)
15. What is any device used to record or measure spectra
23. Component that only allows RF signal flow in one direction
24. Helium, iron, silicon, and uranium, for example
28. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
29. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
31. Chemical symbol for gallium
33. Unit of length (abbr.)
35. Complex Instruction Set Computer
36. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial
38. Stock symbol for National Instruments
39. One bit of a real number
40. Service-Independent Building Blocks
42. Chemical symbol for francium
44. Chemical symbol for nickel
45. Centimeter (abbr.)
46. Chemical symbol for palladium
47. Chemical symbol for xenon
49. Chemical symbol for iron
56. Chemical symbol for aluminum
57. 1.602E-19 Joules
59. Army-Navy specification prefix
61. Chemical symbol for tin
63. Parts _____
66. Imaging device (abbr., pl.)
68. Unit of resistance (pl.)
70. Signal amplitude degradation due to inefficiency
72. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
75. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices
77. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
79. A common battery cell size
80. Chemical symbol for manganese
82. Chemical symbol for silicon
83. Galilean moon


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, 1/1/2012 - RF Cafe