Concentration risk percentage benchmark for total accounts receivable

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Customer Concentration Risk Percentage Of Total Net Revenue

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Number Of Major Customers

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS AND GEOGRAPHIC NET REVENUES Customer and Credit Risk Concentration (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Customer	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2016 Customer
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
NET REVENUES \| $	$ 104,688	$ 88,036
Distributors [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
NET REVENUES \| $	$ 80,600	$ 67,300
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major customers	1	2
Concentration risk percentage benchmark	10.00%	10.00%
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Avnet
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of total net revenues	17.00%	22.00%
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Powertech Distribution Ltd.
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of total net revenues		12.00%
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Ten Customers
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major customers	10	10
Concentration risk, percentage of total net revenues	59.00%	64.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major customers	10		10
Concentration risk percentage benchmark for accounts receivable (more than)	10.00%		10.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Avnet
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage benchmark	17.00%		24.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Burnon International Ltd.
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage benchmark	12.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Ten Customers
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage benchmark	67.00%		70.00%