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Business Combinations (Details) (Interconnect Products and Assemblies segment, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 item
Interconnect Products and Assemblies segment |
Business Acquisition |
Goodwill recognized during the period, related to business acquisition | $ 327.6 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aph_InterconnectProductsAndAssembliesSegmentMember
Number of acquisitions | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aph_InterconnectProductsAndAssembliesSegmentMember

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- Definition Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 + Details
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- Definition The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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