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Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property	9 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2012
Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property [Abstract]
Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property	9. Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property The Company entered into a patent monetization agreement in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, under which certain patents were transferred to a third party. In the Successor fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2012, the Company received $0.7 million of cash proceeds generated by the sale of patents by the third party. There was no cost associated with the transaction therefore the entire $0.7 million was recorded as a gain. On October 22, 2010, the Company sold certain internally developed Conexant RF Patents and MPEG Patents to Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (“Skyworks”) and terminated its exclusive rights in Skyworks RF Patents obtained pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Company and Skyworks in 2003, in exchange for non-exclusive licenses to each of the Conexant RF Patents, MPEG Patents and Skyworks RF Patents and $1.25 million in cash. The Company received $0.6 million of the sale price in November 2010 and the remainder in March 2011. The entire amount of $1.25 million was recognized as a gain in the Predecessor fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2010, because the patents had a net book value of zero.

Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property

9 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2012

Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property [Abstract]

9. Gain on Sale of Intellectual Property

The Company entered into a patent monetization agreement in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, under which certain patents were transferred to a third party. In the Successor fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2012, the Company received $0.7 million of cash proceeds generated by the sale of patents by the third party. There was no cost associated with the transaction therefore the entire $0.7 million was recorded as a gain.

On October 22, 2010, the Company sold certain internally developed Conexant RF Patents and MPEG Patents to Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (“Skyworks”) and terminated its exclusive rights in Skyworks RF Patents obtained pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Company and Skyworks in 2003, in exchange for non-exclusive licenses to each of the Conexant RF Patents, MPEG Patents and Skyworks RF Patents and $1.25 million in cash. The Company received $0.6 million of the sale price in November 2010 and the remainder in March 2011. The entire amount of $1.25 million was recognized as a gain in the Predecessor fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2010, because the patents had a net book value of zero.