National Stock Number
5996-01-234-4146
National Stock Number (NSN) 5996-01-234-4146, or NIIN 012344146, (amplifier,parametric) was assigned June 13, 1986 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). NIIN 012344146 was cancelled on December 5, 2019, with a cancelled status of "Item is Cancelled - Inactive." There is no known replacement specified for this stock number. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 3 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 3 suppliers. Today, 2 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, there are no suppliers that are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
There has been very little demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Nov 01, 2020, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Not established. Not established.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 60050. [AN ITEM, THE OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF WHICH ARE UNIFORMLY RELATED TO THE INPUT SIGNAL, BUT OF GREATER AMPLITUDE WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT AND/OR VOLTAGE. IT CONSISTS BASICALLY OF AN INPUT SIGNAL INDUCTANCE, AN OUTPUT SIGNAL INDUCTANCE, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE DEVICE. AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF RADIO FREQUENCY POWER, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "PUMP FREQUENCY" IS INJECTED ACROSS THE DIODE AT A FREQUENCY FUNDAMENTALLY OR HARMONICALLY RELATED TO THE INPUT SIGNAL FREQUENCY. THE DIODE, OPERATING AS A TYPE OF FREQUENCY-CONTROLLED CAPACITOR, INCREASES THE AMPLITUDE OF THE INPUT SIGNAL BY AN APPRECIABLE VALUE, AT AN ALMOST ZERO NOISE LEVEL. THE CHARACTERISTIC OF EXTREMELY LOW NOISE LEVEL AT VERY HIGH OPERATING FREQUENCIES, MAKES THE AMPLIFIER SUITABLE FOR USE WITH RADAR RECEIVERS, MISSILE DETECTION AND TRACKING EQUIPMENTS, RADIO ASTRONOMY RESEARCH, AND THE LIKE. EXCLUDES:AMPLIFIER, RADIO FREQUENCY.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5996012344146 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.