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SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS AND EXPORT SALES (Customer and Credit Risk Concentration) (Details)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
customers
Mar. 31, 2014
customers
Dec. 31, 2014
customers
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Number of major customers 1powi_NumberOfMajorCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
1powi_NumberOfMajorCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
 
Concentration risk percentage benchmark 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
 
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Customer A [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, percentage of total net revenues 22.00%powi_ConcentrationRiskPercentageOfNetRevenue
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_CustomerOneMember
19.00%powi_ConcentrationRiskPercentageOfNetRevenue
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_CustomerOneMember
 
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Ten Customers [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Number of major customers 10powi_NumberOfMajorCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_TenCustomersMember
10powi_NumberOfMajorCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_TenCustomersMember
 
Concentration risk, percentage of total net revenues 60.00%powi_ConcentrationRiskPercentageOfNetRevenue
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_TenCustomersMember
59.00%powi_ConcentrationRiskPercentageOfNetRevenue
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_TenCustomersMember
 
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Number of major customers 10powi_NumberOfMajorCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
  10powi_NumberOfMajorCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
Concentration risk percentage benchmark for accounts receivable (more than) 10.00%powi_ConcentrationRiskPercentageBenchmarkForTotalAccountsReceivable
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
  10.00%powi_ConcentrationRiskPercentageBenchmarkForTotalAccountsReceivable
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Customer A [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk percentage benchmark 23.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_CustomerOneMember
  22.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_CustomerOneMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Customer B [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk percentage benchmark 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_CustomerTwoMember
  10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_CustomerTwoMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Ten Customers [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk percentage benchmark 65.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_TenCustomersMember
  66.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_TenCustomersMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Burnon International Ltd. [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk percentage benchmark 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_BurnonInternationalLtd.Member
  11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= powi_BurnonInternationalLtd.Member