Microwave & RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 15, 2015

This week's Microwave and RF Engineering crossword puzzle contains the usual collection of science, math, and engineering terms. Never will you be tasked to recall the names of idiotic Hollywierd celebrity's name or the kingdom of some obscure civilization in Krapistan or Moronia. Enjoy.


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Microwave & RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for November 15, 2015 - RF Cafe 

ACROSS DOWN
1. The "I" in IL, as in S21 of a filter
7. A gaseous substance that can be liquefied by pressure alone
9. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured
12. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)
13. Unit of heat
16. With 30 Down, this website's title
18. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)
20. Type of motor that moves in increments rather than continuous rotation
24. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)
26. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor
27. Unit of energy
28. The cell band above DCN
29. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)
31. Read-only (abbr.)
32. Morse Code for "from"
34. Computer display unit
36. Constellation : The scales
38. Computer messaging service (pl.)
41. Type of logic gate
42. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)
43. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (acr.)
44. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock (pl.)
46. Wrapped plastic insulation around an electrical joint
48. Chemical symbol for terbium
49. International Telecommunications Union
50. Peak Inverse Voltage
51. Type of flip-flop
53. A type of average (pl.)
56. Scheduling graph types
59. Opposite of O.D.
61. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
62. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey
64. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for erbium
66. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo
67. Test equipment (abbr.)
68. Name of the first series in the spectrum of hydrogen
70. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
71. Chemical symbol for xenon
72. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
74. Semiconductor lamp
75. Hz
77. World's first satellite navigation system, abbr.
78. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)
80. Unit for expressing a ratio
82. Stephen ____ - popular author on microwave circuit design
83. Weatherproof cover for a radar antenna
85. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)
86. The stuff in the solder core
88. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
89. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)
92. Software drafting tool (abbr.)
93. Chemical symbol for neodymium
94. Change from one thing into another
96. Useful distance between Tx and Rx
98. Generated a form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules
99. Summers
100. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
101. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)
1. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY (abbr.)
2. The "N" in AWGN
3. Chemical symbol for strontium
4. Internet protocol (abbr.)
5. Type of logic gate
6. Type of logic gate
8. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
10. Beat frequency oscillator (abbr.)
11. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)
13. Programming statement
14. Test point (abbr.)
15. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter
17. Next level of Amateur Radio license after General
19. Chemical symbol for scandium
21. Total radiated power (abbr.)
22. High-speed logic family
23. Chemical symbol for radon
25. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane
26. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (abbr.)
30. With 16 Across, this website's title
32. Comic strip engineer
33. Voltage-current phase mnemonic
35. Type of logic gate
36. Once around a circuit
37. Property of matter by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force
39. Material testing organization (abbr.)
40. Quantum electron property (pl.)
42. One property of light (pl.)
45. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
46. End of soldering iron
47. Satellite TV system
52. Semi-_____, a type of coaxial cable
54. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)
55. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)
57. Type of memory
58. Cambridge University _____, technical book publisher
60. Factors of ten
62. Constellation : The water snake
63. Ties a bundle of wires together
65. Multiplies out a factored expression
68. Mr. de Forest's first name
69. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)
73. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
74. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
76. Many conductors in a flexible cable
77. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.
79. Type of component package (abbr.)
81. Chemical symbol for cadmium
82. 1E6 nanoseconds
84. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.)
87. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution
90. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)
91. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance
92. Computer Assisted Design and Development
94. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
95. High Data Rate
96. Type of data storage IC
97. Chemical symbol for erbium

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