Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

October 31, 2010

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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ACROSS

1. Rechargeable batteries

6. Type of current

8. Web's most popular RF site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

9. Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor

11. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

12. Centimeter (abbr.)

14. Opposite of O.D.

15. More than one BJT

19. Chemical element abbreviated Sn

21. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

25. Chemical symbol for strontium

27. Concentric cable type

29. Curve produced when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base

32. Unit of resistance

33. Chemical symbol for platinum

35. Chemical symbol for europium

36. The cell band above DCN

37. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

39. Precipitate

43. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

45. 1.602E-19 Joules

46. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)

47. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

48. Bluetooth modules & ICs vendor headquartered in Cambridge, UK

49. One port of an amplifier

50. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

51. Linux Operating System (abbr.)

52. 1e-6 mA

53. Boring implement (2 wds.)

56. Circuit or mechanical designer with a Bachelor's or higher degree

59. Network department (abbr.)

60. Weight (abbr.)

61. Opposite of I.D.

62. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

63. Spurious RF products created by metal joints (abbr., pl.)

65. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter

67. Another word for each complete winding of an inductor

69. ___, manufacturer of custom RF & microwave filters, Overland Park, KS (abbr.)

71. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

73. Chemical symbol for neptunium

75. User Datagram Protocol

78. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

80. Chemical symbol for manganese

81. System On Chip

83. Bipolar Field-Effect Transistor

85. Cable termination type

86. Method of connecting redundant power supplies

88. Type of programmable device (abbr.)

89. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

90. Microwaves & RF magazine (abbr.)

91. Type of current flow (abbr.)

92. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

93. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

DOWN

1. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

2. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

3. Chemical symbol for calcium

4. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

5. Morse Code for "from"

6. Decimeter (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for cobalt

8. __ Micro Devices, premier RFIC company in Greensboro, NC

10. Chemical symbol for scandium

11. Chemical symbol for palladium

13. 1E6 nanoseconds

14. Charged particle

15. Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model

16. Intentionally block communications signals

17. Mate to an RX

18. Half of a DIP

19. Chemical symbol for thallium

20. Chemical symbol for neon

21. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)

22. Chemical symbol for silicon

23. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY (abbr.)

24. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

26. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

27. Frequency up- or down- __________ (pl.)

28. Capacitor manufacturer in Huntington Station, NY

30. Mr. de Forest's first name

31. The profession of many RF Cafe visitors

34. Under self-control (prefix)

37. Ceramic Dual Inline Package

38. Loose end of a cable

40. Automated universal inductance tester - watch that 3rd letter, (abbr.)

41. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)

42. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

44. Hybrid coupler vendor in East Syracuse, NY

54. Bandwidth (abbr.)

55. International Telecommunications Union

57. Type of logic gate

58. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

64. Chemical symbol for tin

66. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

67. Chemical symbol for thulium

68. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)

70. Chemical symbol for copper

71. European equivalent to the U.L.

72. What you can get from a high voltage line

74. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)

76. Collection of electronic records (abbr.)

77. Part of a male connector (pl.)

78. Form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules

79. Unit of length (abbr.)

80. Maximum Usable Frequency

82. Chemical symbol for chlorine

84. Chemical symbol for francium

85. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

87. Chemical symbol for radium

91. Chemical symbol for arsenic

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