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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 28, 2020 | Mar. 29, 2020 | Jun. 28, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax (Textuals) |  |  |  |
Worldwide effective income tax rate (as a percent) |  |  | 9.80% | 18.40%
Deferred tax benefit related to TRAF |  | $ 0.3 | $ 0.4 |
Deferred tax liability related to TRAF |  | $ 0.2 |  |
Deferred tax benefit related to TRAF, percent |  |  | 3.80% |
Impact to effective tax rate, percent |  |  | 1.00% |
Net impact to tax rate due to change in contingent consideration liability | 1.00% |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits | $ 3.1 |  | $ 3.1 |
Accrued Taxes On Income [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Tax (Textuals) |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits | 0.2 |  | $ 0.2 |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Tax (Textuals) |  |  |  |
Payment on unrecognized tax benefit liability | $ 0.6 |  |  |

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