The answers to Circuit Cellar’s March electronics engineering crossword puzzle are now available.
Across
1. CROSSEDFIELDAMPLIFIER—This vacuum tube is capable of high output power [three words]
3. HYPERVISOR—Produces and runs virtual machines
5. DYNATRON—Uses negative resistance to keep a tuned circuit oscillating
8. ULTRAVIOLETLIGHT—Gives some substances “a healthy glow” [two words]
13. ZEROMOMENTPOINT—A moment of respite for robots [three words]
14. THERMOSONIC—Connects to silicon ICs
17. CATSWHISKER—An outdated electronic component mainly used in antique radios [two words]
18. FLEMINGVALVE—Invented in the early 1900s, this was known as the first vacuum tube [two words]
19. BACKBONE—Makes LANs connect
Down
2. DEMODULATOR—Recovers information from a regulated waveform
4. SQUEGGING—This type of circuit oscillates erratically
5. DOWNMIXING—Audio manipulation process
6. REYNOLDSNUMBER—Used for flow pattern predictions [two words]
7. LATENCY—Used with bandwidth to ascertain network connection speed
9. THICKFILM—This type of chip resistor is commonly used in electronic and electrical devices [two words]
10. DYNAMIC—Its memory is volatile
11. CRYOTRON—Operates via superconductivity
12. NETMASK—Creates neighborhoods of IP addresses
15. HOROLOGY—E.g., clepsydras, chronometers, and sundials
16. SEEBECK—An effect that creates electricity
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