Amended Aggregate Share Limit

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Performance Based Compensation Percentage

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Performance Based Compensation, Shares Awarded as a Percentage of Grants, Peer Group Based

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Expiration Term

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Shares, Partial Vesting Instances

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Period Shareholder Return Evaluated To Determine Vesting Period

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement Plan Expiration Date

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Share Based Compensation, Arrangement Share Based Payment Award, Additional Shares Authorized

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Shares threshold for determining availability of grants

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Vesting Percentage Relative To earnings per share

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Vesting Percentage Relative To net sales

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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The weighted-average price as of the balance sheet date at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance on vested portions of options outstanding and currently exercisable under the stock option plan.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 29, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 29, 2014 Restricted shares	Nov. 30, 2013 Performance stock units	Jun. 29, 2014 Performance stock units	Sep. 29, 2013 Performance stock units	Sep. 30, 2012 Performance stock units	Jun. 29, 2014 Stock options Symmetricom	Jun. 29, 2014 Stock Option Plan 2008	Jun. 29, 2014 Percentage vested based on current year performance Y	Nov. 30, 2013 Percentage vested based on current year performance Performance stock units	Jun. 29, 2014 Percentage vested based on prior year performance Y	Sep. 30, 2012 Percentage vested based on prior year performance Performance stock units
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Additional shares to the shares limit in common stock											4,800,000
Shares limit in common stock											33,300,000
Plan expiration date											Dec. 05, 2021
Full value award of shares issued for every one share											2.41
Maximum term of a stock option grant or a stock appreciation right grant											6 years
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 11.3	$ 7.1	$ 32.8	$ 25.4
Vesting period					3 years
Vesting percentage relative to net sales							40.00%	25.00%	50.00%
Vesting percentage relative to earnings per share							60.00%	75.00%	50.00%
Number of units vested in period								0
Period shareholder return is evaluated to determine vesting period							3 years
Vesting percentage relative to target						116.00%							86.00%		30.00%
Partial vesting for performance stock units, in years												1		1
Performance based compensation percentage, target based							200.00%
Performance based compensation, peer group based								125.00%
Weighted average exercise price (USD per stock option)										$ 20.08