Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Number of Additional Shares Authorized

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Annual Shares Authorized, Percent Of Outstanding Shares

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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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 additional shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stock Based Compensation (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Stock Based Compensation (Details) - shares	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)			5,198,440
Percentage of outstanding shares			5.00%
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			4 years
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)			5,039,025
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock granted (in shares)			137,452	816,180	816,180
Equity awards immediately vested (in shares)			3,000	4,000	4,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Period 1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage vesting			33.33%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Period 2
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage vesting			33.33%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Period 3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage vesting			33.33%
Restricted Stock Awards (RSA)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock granted (in shares)	12,000	123,501	0		135,501
Equity awards immediately vested (in shares)		98,450	37,051		98,450
Restricted Stock Awards (RSA) \| Period 2
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			120 days
The 2020 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)			1,560,503
Equity Awards outstanding under The 2020 Plan (in shares)			935,397
Number of shares authorized by 2020 plan (in shares)			5,050,000
The 2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options authorized (in shares)			2,461,923
Annual increase in shares available for issue (in shares)			5,000,000
Transphorm Technology 2007 Stock Plan and 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized by 2020 plan (in shares)			2,588,077