Assertion: diode's use | /r/CapableOf | permit reduction
Facets:
value: in the switching time
type: TEMPORAL
value: to 10-7—10–10 sec
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The use of special techniques—primarily the doping of germanium and silicon with gold—has permitted a reduction in the switching time to 10-7—10–10 sec and the construction of fast-acting pulsed semiconductor diodes.