Related-Party Transactions (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	19. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONSDuring the nine months ended July 3, 2020, we sold $0.2 million of commercial products to Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC ("Mission"), a MACOM customer and an affiliate of directors John and Susan Ocampo. Together, Mr. and Mrs. Ocampo are MACOM's largest stockholders.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745

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