National Stock Number
5996-00-003-2169
National Stock Number (NSN) 5996-00-003-2169, or NIIN 000032169, (amplifier,parametric) was assigned May 21, 1972 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). NIIN 000032169 was cancelled on February 9, 2002, with a cancelled status of "Item is Cancelled - USE." This NSN was replaced by NSN 5996010556207. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are no manufacturer part numbers associated to this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
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 critical feature such as tolerance, fit restrictions or application. Nuclear hardness properties have not been determined (not valid for input). There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5996000032169 contains an unknown precious metal.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.