2.2.0.7 false Financing Arrangements 0207 - Disclosure - Financing Arrangements true false false false 1 USD false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Financing Arrangements [Abstract] 0 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowingsAbstract us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string No definition available. false 3 Financing Arrangements 1 us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><font style="font-variant: small-caps"><b>Note 7: Financing Arrangements</b></font> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dionex has unsecured credit agreements with domestic and international financial institutions. The agreements provide for revolving unsecured lines of credit that we utilize primarily for our general corporate purposes, including stock repurchases and working capital needs. As of September 30, 2010, we had a total of $29.2 million in available lines of credit, maturing on December 31, 2010 at an annual interest rate of 1.9%, under which we had borrowed $17.4 million. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">One of our foreign subsidiaries transfers certain customer receivables to financial institutions at a discount up to approximately 2% (“discounted notes”) and accounts for these transfers as sales. The purpose of these transfers is to facilitate the funding of outstanding customer receivables by the Company. In the unlikely event that there is failure by the customers to repay the financial institutions for the discounted notes sold by Dionex, Dionex would be required to repurchase the discounted notes back, up to the specified amount outstanding. Under no other circumstance is Dionex obligated or do we have a right to repurchase these discounted notes. Dionex has determined that the fair value of these contingent liabilities under these arrangements are not material as of September 30, 2010 based on past experience of transferring discounted notes, which considers customers’ credit quality, historical loss experience, and whether the repurchase (if required in the event of a default) is probable and reasonably estimable. The length of time that these discounted notes are outstanding is approximately 90 days and during the three-months ended September 30, 2010, Dionex recorded no losses as a result of customers’ failures to repay the financial institutions. Total discounted notes transferred to the financial institutions during the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $1.2 million and outstanding discounted notes sold as of September 30, 2010 was approximately $1.2 million. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock This element may be used as a single block of text to encapsulate the entire disclosure for short-term borrowings including data and tables. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 16 -Article 7 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 13 -Article 9 false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true