Line of credit facility prepaid amount.

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- Definition

Line of credit guarantee termination date.

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- Definition

Line of credit, prepayment penalties.

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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 of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding calculated over time.

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Debt Obligations - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 24, 2020	Jun. 24, 2020	Jun. 10, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate on short term borrowings outstanding					1.42%
Loan Amount					$ 41,000,000
Repayment of outstanding loan				$ 76,000,000
Line of credit guarantee termination date				Jun. 30, 2020
MUFG
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loan Amount					41,000,000
MUFG \| 2.97% Loan Maturing on 6/10/2020
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loan Amount			$ 38,000,000		$ 38,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate					2.97%
Maturity Date					Jun. 10, 2020
MUFG \| 1.39% Loan Maturing on 6/24/2020
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loan Amount			$ 23,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate			1.39%
Maturity Date			Jun. 24, 2020
MUFG \| 1.45% Loan Maturing on 7/24/2020
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate		1.45%
Maturity Date		Jul. 24, 2020
Repayment of outstanding loan	$ 23,000,000
Revolving Line of Credit \| MUFG
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Repayment of outstanding loan	35,000,000
Line of credit prepaid amount	12,000,000
Line of credit, prepayment penalties	$ 100,000
Line of credit				$ 50,000,000
Revolving Line of Credit \| SMBC
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit				20,000,000
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity				0
Revolving Line of Credit \| MegaChips
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit				30,000,000
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity				$ 0