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Net income per common share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders (in thousands, except per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net income attributable to Microchip Technology | $ | 93,641 |  |  | $ | 99,806 |  |  | $ | 183,550 |  |  | $ | 178,385 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding | 200,629 |  |  | 197,825 |  |  | 200,408 |  |  | 197,388 |
Dilutive effect of stock options and RSUs | 3,767 |  |  | 4,144 |  |  | 3,780 |  |  | 3,908 |
Dilutive effect of convertible debt | 20,888 |  |  | 14,506 |  |  | 20,718 |  |  | 13,075 |
Weighted average common and potential common shares outstanding | 225,284 |  |  | 216,475 |  |  | 224,906 |  |  | 214,371 |
Basic net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders | $ | 0.47 |  |  | $ | 0.50 |  |  | $ | 0.92 |  |  | $ | 0.90 |
Diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders | $ | 0.42 |  |  | $ | 0.46 |  |  | $ | 0.82 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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