Allocated share-based compensation expense as a percentage of net revenue

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Revenue Offset

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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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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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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Segment Information - Revenue by Product Line (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	Jul. 31, 2016	May 01, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	Oct. 25, 2015	Jul. 26, 2015	Apr. 26, 2015	Jan. 29, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 25, 2015
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 140,031	$ 137,185	$ 135,911	$ 131,145	$ 118,609	$ 115,810	$ 125,712	$ 130,088	$ 544,272	$ 490,219	$ 557,885
Signal Integrity and Timing Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									258,824	221,185	219,024
Protection Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									149,865	138,674	191,341
Wireless and Sensing Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									81,657	70,712	80,632
Power Management and High Reliability Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									59,117	54,999	64,402
Systems Innovation [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									205	4,649	2,486
Other: Warrant Shares
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales offset									$ (5,396)	$ 0	$ 0
Net sales revenue
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Net sales revenue \| Signal Integrity and Timing Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									47.00%	46.00%	40.00%
Net sales revenue \| Protection Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									28.00%	28.00%	34.00%
Net sales revenue \| Wireless and Sensing Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									15.00%	14.00%	14.00%
Net sales revenue \| Power Management and High Reliability Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									11.00%	11.00%	12.00%
Net sales revenue \| Systems Innovation [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									0.00%	1.00%	0.00%
Net sales revenue \| Other: Warrant Shares
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense as a percentage of net revenue									(1.00%)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)