Purchase Obligation, to be Paid, After Next Twelve Months

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Restricted Deposits Assets

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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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Number of another entity's patents that the entity has allegedly infringed.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 450
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Section 50
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Number of another entity's patents that the entity was found not to have infringed.

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Minimum amount to be expended to satisfy the terms of arrangements in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services, excluding long-term purchase commitments or unconditional purchase obligations.

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-Topic 942
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 30, 2022 patent	Nov. 25, 2020 patent	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Non-cancellable purchase commitments			$ 2,000.0
Non-cancellable purchase commitments, due in next twelve months			1,700.0
Non-cancelable purchase commitments, due after next twelve months			300.0
WSOU Investments, LLC
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent		3
Patents found not infringed, number \| patent	1
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Deposits to purchase inventory			$ 201.1	$ 192.5