Finite Lived Intangible Assets Acquired, Other Acquisition Costs

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Number Of Patents Acquired

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The number of now-issued U.S. patents under the perpetual license rights granted to the Company, when the license agreement was entered into.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, resulting from a business combination.

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ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 23, 2012 USD ($) patent	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) patent	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) patent	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross		$ 126,852		$ 126,852
Less: Accumulated amortization		(52,087)		(52,087)		$ (43,838)
Acquired technology, net		74,765		74,765		$ 83,014
Amortization of intangibles		2,749	$ 2,748	8,249	$ 8,248
PD LD, Inc [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross		1,481		1,481
Motorola [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross		$ 15,909		$ 15,909
Motorola [Member] \| Licensing Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of patents under license agreement \| patent		74		74
Amortization period of acquired intangible assets (in years)						7 years 6 months
FUJIFILM [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross		$ 109,462		$ 109,462
FUJIFILM [Member] \| Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Assigned value of acquired intangible assets	$ 105,000
Cash paid for OLED patents	$ 4,500
OLED patents useful life	10 years
FUJIFILM [Member] \| Patents [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of patents acquired \| patent	1,200