Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Attorneys' Fees

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Compensatory Damages

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Cost

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded from Other Party, Pre-Judgement Interest

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Punitive Damages

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121557415&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Amount awarded from other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Commitment and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 11, 2022	Aug. 10, 2021	Jan. 08, 2021	Feb. 14, 2020	Feb. 28, 2022	Oct. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021	Oct. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021	Oct. 15, 2021
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages				$ 345.8
Punitive damages				418.8
Total damages awarded			$ 543.7	$ 764.6
Pre-judgement interest amount		$ 51.1
Settlement cost		$ 2.6
Attorneys' fees										$ 34.2
Gain on litigation settlement						$ (12.0)	$ 0.0	$ (23.0)	$ (3.0)
Hytera Legal Settlement
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain on litigation settlement	$ 13.0				$ 13.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 13.0	$ 0.0