National Stock Number
5961-01-167-8566
National Stock Number (NSN) 5961-01-167-8566, or NIIN 011678566, (semiconductor device,thyristor) was assigned December 7, 1983 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 7 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. One of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 6 suppliers. Today, 5 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, with the most recent procurement date of Dec 20, 2016. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7M217P0551, SPE7M217P0551. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 289,354.00.
This NSN is unique to one weapons system.
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 Sep 15, 2016, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Suitable for Competitive Acquisition. (Potential sources shall include dealers/distributors.) This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 33096. [A BISTABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING THREE OR MORE JUNCTIONS WHICH IS NORMALLY A NONCONDUCTOR UNTIL THE APPLICATION OF A SIGNAL TO A GATE TERMINAL, AT WHICH TIME THE DEVICE SWITCHES TO THE CONDUCTIVE STATE. INCLUDES DEVICES CAPABLE OF BEING SWITCHED BACK TO THE NONCONDUCTIVE STATE UPON APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT SIGNAL TO THE SAME OR ANOTHER GATE TERMINAL. MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE MOUNTING HARDWARE AND/OR HEATSINK. FOR SOLID STATE DEVICES WHICH ARE RESPONSIVE TO VISIBLE OR INFRARED RADIANT ENERGY, SEE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTO.]. The item is a non-aviation Critical Safety Item (CSI) whose failure will result in serious damage to equipment or serious injury or death to personnel. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5961011678566 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8541300080: thyristors, diacs & triacs, other than photosensitive devices, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as semiconductors. NAICS classification category 334413: semiconductor and related device manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.