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Employee Benefit Plans, Pensions, and Other Retiree Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, PENSIONS AND OTHER RETIREE BENEFITS [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] | The Pension Benefit plan identified below was inherited as part of the merger in 2002 that created Skyworks. Since the plan was inherited, no new participants have been added. The liability and related plan assets have been reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as follows (in thousands):
| Pension Benefits
| Fiscal Years Ended
| September 30, 2011 | October 1, 2010
Benefit obligation at end of fiscal year | $ | 2,955 |  | $ | 3,035 |
Fair value of plan assets at end of fiscal year | 2,536 |  | 2,650 |
Funded status | $ | (419 | ) | $ | (385 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (h) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6962843&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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