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Intangible Assets and Acquisition Related Charges (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Acquisition related charges, including amortization of intangible assets $ 2,948,000lscc_BusinessAcquisitionAcquisitionRelatedCosts $ 2,960,000lscc_BusinessAcquisitionAcquisitionRelatedCosts $ 4,178,000lscc_BusinessAcquisitionAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Acquisition related charges 100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts 100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts 1,200,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd.      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 6 years 3 months 18 days    
Gross 18,500,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
Accumulated Amortization (8,963,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
Intangible assets, net of amortization 9,537,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
2015 2,900,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
2016 2,900,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
2017 2,200,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
2018 1,500,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
   
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. | Developed technology      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 7 years    
Gross 10,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
   
Accumulated Amortization (4,649,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
   
Intangible assets, net of amortization 6,051,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
   
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. | Customer relationships      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 5 years 6 months    
Gross 7,800,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
   
Accumulated Amortization (4,314,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
   
Intangible assets, net of amortization $ 3,486,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lscc_SiliconblueTechnologiesLtdMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember