Picor Merger	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Picor Merger	13. Picor Merger On May 25, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the merger of the Company with Picor Corporation (“Picor”), a subsidiary of Vicor, fully consolidated for financial reporting purposes, in which the Company was the majority stockholder. The merger was completed as of May 30, 2018, at which time the separate corporate existence of Picor ceased. To effect the merger, holders of Picor Common Stock and Picor stock options received an equivalent value of Vicor Common Stock and Vicor stock options, respectively, which caused the Picor Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and options outstanding thereunder, to be assumed and restated by Vicor. While Picor’s subsidiary status and corporate form ceased to exist upon the closing of the merger, the operations previously conducted by Picor, which are now legally merged into Vicor, continue to be managed and remain categorized as a segment for financial reporting purposes. There was no net impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements nor any impact on the Company’s segment reporting for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as a result of the merger.

13. Picor Merger

On May 25, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the merger of the Company with Picor Corporation (“Picor”), a subsidiary of Vicor, fully consolidated for financial reporting purposes, in which the Company was the majority stockholder. The merger was completed as of May 30, 2018, at which time the separate corporate existence of Picor ceased. To effect the merger, holders of Picor Common Stock and Picor stock options received an equivalent value of Vicor Common Stock and Vicor stock options, respectively, which caused the Picor Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and options outstanding thereunder, to be assumed and restated by Vicor. While Picor’s subsidiary status and corporate form ceased to exist upon the closing of the merger, the operations previously conducted by Picor, which are now legally merged into Vicor, continue to be managed and remain categorized as a segment for financial reporting purposes. There was no net impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements nor any impact on the Company’s segment reporting for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as a result of the merger.