Note 11 - Employee Stock Plans	12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements
Disclosure of Employee Stock Ownership Plans [Text Block]	NOTE 11 — EMPLOYEE STOCK PLANS 2009 Stock Plan On April 24, 2019, the QuickLogic Corporation 2009 Stock Plan ("2009 Stock Plan") was replaced by the 2019 Stock Plan and the remaining balance of available shares under the 2009 Stock Plan were cancelled. 2019 Stock Plan On April 24, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors and shareholders approved the QuickLogic Corporation 2019 Stock Plan ("2019 Stock Plan"). The 2019 Stock Plan was extended ten years through March 15, 2028. Under the 2019 Stock Plan, 357 thousand shares of common stock were available for grants, plus any shares subject to any outstanding options or other awards granted under the 2009 Stock Plan that expire, are forfeited, cancelled, returned to the Company for failure to satisfy vesting requirements, settled for cash or otherwise terminated without payment being made thereunder. The Company's Board of Directors approved and on May 10, 2022, stockholders subsequently ratified an increase in the total number of shares available for future awards under the 2019 Stock Plan. The increase in the total number of shares available for future awards consisted of the sum of (1) 900 thousand, (2) 522 thousand shares which were available for future awards under the plan immediately before such approval and (3) any shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2019 Stock Plan or the 2009 Stock Plan, that are terminated, canceled, surrendered, or forfeited as of May 10, 2022. On May 19, 2022, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register an additional nine hundred thousand shares of its common stock that may be issued under the Company’s 2019 Stock Plan. As of January 1, 2023, approximately 960 thousand shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2019 Stock Plan. Options typically vest at a rate of 25% one year after the vesting commencement date, and one forty-eighth for each month of service thereafter. RSUs typically vest at a rate of 25% one year after the vesting commencement date, and one eighth every six months thereafter. The Company may implement different vesting schedules in the future with respect to any new equity awards. 2009 ESPP Stock Plan The QuickLogic Corporation 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("2009 ESPP Stock Plan"), as amended on March 6, 2019, was adopted in March 2009. The 2009 ESPP Stock Plan extends ten years until March 5, 2029 and provides for six month offering periods. Participants purchase shares through payroll deductions of up to 20% of an employee’s total compensation (maximum of 1,429 shares per offering period). The 2009 ESPP Stock Plan permits the Board of Directors to determine, prior to each offering period, whether participants purchase shares at: (i) 85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the end of the offering period; or (ii) 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or the end of an offering period. The Board of Directors has determined that, until further notice, future offering periods will be made at 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or the end of an offering period. As of January 1, 2023, approximately 206 thousand shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2009 ESPP Stock Plan.

Note 11 - Employee Stock Plans

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2023

Disclosure of Employee Stock Ownership Plans [Text Block]

NOTE 11 — EMPLOYEE STOCK PLANS

2009 Stock Plan

On April 24, 2019, the QuickLogic Corporation 2009 Stock Plan ("2009 Stock Plan") was replaced by the 2019 Stock Plan and the remaining balance of available shares under the 2009 Stock Plan were cancelled.

2019 Stock Plan

On April 24, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors and shareholders approved the QuickLogic Corporation 2019 Stock Plan ("2019 Stock Plan"). The 2019 Stock Plan was extended ten years through March 15, 2028. Under the 2019 Stock Plan, 357 thousand shares of common stock were available for grants, plus any shares subject to any outstanding options or other awards granted under the 2009 Stock Plan that expire, are forfeited, cancelled, returned to the Company for failure to satisfy vesting requirements, settled for cash or otherwise terminated without payment being made thereunder. The Company's Board of Directors approved and on May 10, 2022, stockholders subsequently ratified an increase in the total number of shares available for future awards under the 2019 Stock Plan. The increase in the total number of shares available for future awards consisted of the sum of (1) 900 thousand, (2) 522 thousand shares which were available for future awards under the plan immediately before such approval and (3) any shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2019 Stock Plan or the 2009 Stock Plan, that are terminated, canceled, surrendered, or forfeited as of May 10, 2022. On May 19, 2022, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register an additional nine hundred thousand shares of its common stock that may be issued under the Company’s 2019 Stock Plan.

As of January 1, 2023, approximately 960 thousand shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2019 Stock Plan.

Options typically vest at a rate of 25% one year after the vesting commencement date, and one forty-eighth for each month of service thereafter. RSUs typically vest at a rate of 25% one year after the vesting commencement date, and one eighth every six months thereafter. The Company may implement different vesting schedules in the future with respect to any new equity awards.

2009 ESPP Stock Plan

The QuickLogic Corporation 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("2009 ESPP Stock Plan"), as amended on March 6, 2019, was adopted in March 2009. The 2009 ESPP Stock Plan extends ten years until March 5, 2029 and provides for six month offering periods. Participants purchase shares through payroll deductions of up to 20% of an employee’s total compensation (maximum of 1,429 shares per offering period). The 2009 ESPP Stock Plan permits the Board of Directors to determine, prior to each offering period, whether participants purchase shares at: (i) 85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the end of the offering period; or (ii) 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or the end of an offering period. The Board of Directors has determined that, until further notice, future offering periods will be made at 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or the end of an offering period.

As of January 1, 2023, approximately 206 thousand shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2009 ESPP Stock Plan.