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Stock Compensation Plans (Combined Activity) (Details) (Equity Incentive Plan, Stock Options, Common Stock, USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Equity Incentive Plan | Stock Options | Common Stock
 
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]  
Outstanding at beginning of period (shares) 11,116,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
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= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Granted (shares) 1,349,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Exercised (shares) (76,000)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Forfeitures and cancelled (shares) (559,000)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Outstanding at end of period (shares) 11,830,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price [Roll Forward]  
Outstanding at beginning of period (usd per share) $ 4.96us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Granted (usd per share) $ 3.49us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Exercised (usd per share) $ 2.81us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Forfeited and cancelled (usd per share) $ 4.14us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Outstanding at end of period (usd per share) $ 4.85us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Disclosures [Abstract]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Number 7,821,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= sqnm_EquityIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Options vested and exercisable at end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 5.57us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember