Employee Benefit Plans, Pensions, and Other Retiree Benefits (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2012

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

The Pension Benefit plan identified below was inherited as part of the merger in 2002 that created Skyworks. Since the plan was inherited, no new participants have been added. The liability and related plan assets have been reported in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended
	September 28, 2012			September 30, 2011
Benefit obligation at end of fiscal year	$	3,546		$	2,955
Fair value of plan assets at end of fiscal year	3,077			2,536
Funded status	$	(469	)	$	(419	)