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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes    
Effective tax rate (as a percent) 26.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 26.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Effective tax rate excluding the net impact of separately stated acquisition-related expenses (as a percent) 26.50%aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExcludingAcquisitionRelatedExpensesPercent 26.50%aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExcludingAcquisitionRelatedExpensesPercent
Liability for unrecognized tax benefits, including penalties and interest, which if recognized would impact the effective tax rate $ 18.8us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Unrecognized tax benefits, anticipated adjustment for changing facts and circumstances, over the next twelve month period $ 1.0us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit