Segment Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014		Feb. 02, 2013
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 628,238		$ 622,134
% of Revenue	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	1.00%
Digital signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	54,844		51,676
% of Revenue	9.00%	[1]	8.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	6.00%
Total analog products [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	573,394		570,458
% of Revenue	91.00%	[1]	92.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	1.00%
Power management & reference [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	38,710		39,382
% of Revenue	6.00%	[1]	6.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	(2.00%)
Subtotal analog signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	534,684		531,076
% of Revenue	85.00%	[1]	85.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	1.00%
Converters [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	290,551		277,940
% of Revenue	46.00%	[1]	45.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	5.00%
Amplifiers / Radio frequency [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	164,714		157,978
% of Revenue	26.00%	[1]	25.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	4.00%
Other analog [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 79,419		$ 95,158
% of Revenue	13.00%	[1]	15.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	(17.00%)

[1] The sum of the individual percentages does not equal the total due to rounding