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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Jul. 01, 2011 | Jun. 10, 2011 | May 26, 2011 | Apr. 27, 2011 | May 26, 2011 Maximum [Member] AATI [Member] | May 26, 2011 Minimum [Member] AATI [Member] | May 26, 2011 AATI [Member] | Jul. 01, 2011 SiGe [Member] | Jul. 01, 2011 SiGe [Member] | Jun. 10, 2011 SiGe [Member]
Percentage of interest acquired |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%
Aggregated purchase price |  |  |  | $ 28,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 279,500,000
Fair value of contingent consideration | 59,400,000 |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 57,400,000
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, range of outcomes, value, high |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 65,000,000
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, range of outcomes, value, low |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
Time period of achievement of milestones, in years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Amount contributed to net income by acquired entity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,500,000 | 6,500,000 |
Goodwill |  | 172,029,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Potential payment for pending acquisition in cash and stock, price per share |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.13 |  |  |
Business acquisition immaterial impact on revenue | The acquisition has an immaterial impact to the Company's results of operations (i.e., contributed less than one percent of net revenue for the three and nine-months ended July 1, 2011) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected cash to be received from pending acquisition |  |  |  |  | 90,000,000 | 80,000,000 |  |  |  |
Expected cash payment for pending acquisition |  |  |  |  | 120,000,000 | 100,000,000 |  |  |  |
Stock consideration right to receive, share amount |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.08725 |  |  |
Time period used to calculate average sale price of common stock, number of days |  |  | 30 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Measurement period of final cash consideration preceding the closing of the merger, number of days | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Closing value of the stock consideration | $ 2.45 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger consideration right to receive, initial calculated amount without interest |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3.68 |  |  |
Conditional last reported sale price during the pre-closing measurement period, price per share | $ 21.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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