RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
June 5, 2016

Take a break and work this week's RF Engineering-themed crossword puzzle. All the words are pulled from a hand-built list of terms, names, and abbreviations that have only to do with science, mathematics, and engineering. If you want a crossword with names of movie stars and obscure countries, try the local newspaper.

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

RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle forJune 5, 2016 - RF Cafe

1. _____ _____ Maxim, founder of the ARRL (2 wds.)

6. Type of current

8. BASIC looping keyword

10. Java server pages (abbr.)

12. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

14. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

16. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

18. Chemical symbol for holmium

19. Switch position

20. Light ray

21. Chemical symbol for silicon

23. Greek letter

24. 1E6 nanoseconds

25. Crystal surface

26. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

27. A disk operation

30. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

31. Indium phosphide

32. Abbreviation for minimum voltage

33. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution

35. Cause a circuit breaker to open

36. Chemical symbol for krypton

37. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

38. Einstein's paradoxical traveler

39. Cause a voltage or current waveform to gradually die out

41. Unit of length (abbr.)

43. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

44. Type of component package (abbr.)

45. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

46. Unit of length (abbr.)

47. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr.)

48. Chemical symbol for neptunium

50. Type of flip-flop

51. Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model

52. Rotate about the vertical axis

54. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

55. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

56. Type of logic gate (pl.)

58. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

62. Extract information from a carrier signal

1. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

2. PC follower

3. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

4. __ + 7 Down, this website's title

5. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)

7. 4 Down + ____, this website's title

8. Type of modulation (abbr.)

9. Chemical symbol for radium

10. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"

11. Measure of ability of a receiver to detact weak signals

13. Chemical symbol for tantalum

15. Irradiated cosmic gas

17. The "IP" in IP2 and IP3 (2 wds.)

18. Amateur radio operators

22. The star Alpha Geminorum

28. Singulated piece of IC wafer

29. Elements of a scattering matrix (hyph.)

34. He developed a "counter" for measuring radiation levels

35. Time division duplex (abbr.)

40. Luminous atmospheric phenomenon

42. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

44. Alter the relations between the parts of a structure or shape by applying an external force

49. Glue together

51. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

52. Yard (abbr.)

53. Write-Once (abbr.)

54. Unit of time (abbr.)

57. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

59. Centimeter (abbr.)

60. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

61. Chemical symbol for helium

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Take 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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