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Business Combination, Termination Fee, Regulatory Clearance

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Nov. 20, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 10, 2017 $ / shares	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 12, 2020 USD ($) shares
Maxim
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Conversion of company common stock (in shares) \| shares				0.630
Termination fee, regulatory clearance				$ 830.0
Maxim \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 23,000.0
Maxim \| Selling, marketing, general and administrative
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction costs			$ 20.1
Common Stock \| Linear Technology Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 46.00
Interests issued conversion ratio per share		0.2321