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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Jul. 22, 2014
Jan. 31, 2015
Nov. 01, 2014
Jul. 22, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Fair value of the consideration transferred totaled $ 2,430,987,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1      
Short-term Debt $ 2,000,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings     $ 2,000,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share   $ 0.166667us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.166667us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Business Acquisition, Share Price $ 78.00us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice     $ 78.00us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice
Hittite Inc [Member] [Member]        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition Jul. 22, 2014      
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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    $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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