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Note 16 - Subsequent Event
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
16.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
Employee Equity Awards
 
2018
MSUs:
 
In 
October 2018, 
the Compensation Committee granted 
60,000
 MSUs to the executive officers and 
60,000
 MSUs to certain non-executive employees, which represent a target number of shares to be awarded upon achievement of stock price targets (
“2018
 MSUs”). The maximum number of shares that an employee can earn is 
500%
 of the target number of the 
2018
 MSUs if the Company achieves
five
stock price targets ranging from
$140
to
$172.
The performance period for the
first
two
stock price targets is from
October 26, 2018
to
December 31, 2021,
and the performance period for the last
three
price targets is from
October 26, 2018
to
December 31, 2023.
 
Subject to the employees’ continued employment with the Company, the 
2018
 MSUs will fully vest on 
January 1, 2024 
if the pre-determined stock price targets are met during the performance periods and approved by the Compensation Committee. In addition, the 
2018
 MSUs contain sales restrictions on the vested shares by employees for up to 
two
 years.
 
2019
PSUs:
 
In 
October 2018, 
the Compensation Committee granted
53,000
 PSUs to certain non-executive employees, which represent a target number of shares to be awarded based on the Company’s 
2020
 revenue goals for certain regions or product line divisions, or based on the Company’s average 
two
-year (
2019
 and 
2020
) revenue growth rate compared against the analog industry’s average 
two
-year revenue growth rate as published by the Semiconductor Industry Association (
“2019
 Non-Executive PSUs”). The maximum number of shares that an employee can earn is either 
200%
 or 
300%
 of the target number of the 
2019
 Non-Executive PSUs, depending on the job classification of the employee. 
50%
 of the 
2019
 Non-Executive PSUs will vest in the 
first
 quarter of 
2021
 if the pre-determined performance goals are met during the performance period and approved by the Compensation Committee. The remaining 
2019
 Non-Executive PSUs will vest over the following 
two
 years on an annual or quarterly basis. Vesting is subject to the employees’ continued employment with the Company.