Acquisition (Narrative) (Details) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2014 GBP (£)	Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($)
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired [Abstract]
Business acquisition, share price		£ 2.35
Offer consideration	$ 488,000	£ 291,000
Enterprise value	467,000	278,000
Foreign currency exchange rate, translation	1.68
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity			$ 225,000

Implied enterprise value of Wolfson Microelectronics plc.

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Total consideration offered to be paid in the acquisition of Wolfson Microelectronics plc.

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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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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Topic 830

-SubTopic 30

-Section S99

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

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-Section S99

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