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Debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 05, 2015
Interest Expense on Convertible Senior Notes | The interest expense on Teradyne’s convertible senior notes for the three months ended April 5, 2015 and March 30, 2014 was as follows:
|  | For the Three Months Ended |
|  | April 5, 2015 |  |  | March 30, 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Contractual interest expense on the coupon |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,757 |
Amortization of the discount component and debt issue fees recognized as interest expense |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,493 |
Total interest expense on the convertible debt |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,250 |

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