Finite Lived Intangible Assets Acquired, Other Acquisition Costs

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Number Of Patents Acquired

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The number of now-issued U.S. patents under the perpetual license rights granted to the Company, when the license agreement was entered into.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, resulting from a business combination.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended					12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 PD LD, Inc [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Motorola [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Motorola [Member] Licensing Agreements [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Motorola [Member] Licensing Agreements [Member] patent	Jun. 30, 2014 FUJIFILM [Member]	Jul. 23, 2012 FUJIFILM [Member] Patents [Member]	Jul. 23, 2012 FUJIFILM [Member] Patents [Member] Minimum [Member] patent
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross	$ 126,852,000		$ 126,852,000			$ 1,481,000	$ 15,909,000			$ 109,462,000
Less: Accumulated amortization	(38,339,000)		(38,339,000)		(32,841,000)
Acquired technology, net	88,513,000		88,513,000		94,011,000
Number of patents under license agreement									74
Assigned value of acquired intangible assets											105,000,000
Amortization period of acquired intangible assets (in years)								7 years 6 months
FUJIFILM Patent Acquisition [Abstract]
Number of patents acquired												1,200
Assigned value of acquired intangible assets											105,000,000
Cash paid for OLED patents											4,500,000
OLED patents useful life											10 years
Amortization of intangibles	2,748,000	2,700,000	5,498,000	5,483,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Abstract]
Acquired technology, net	$ 88,513,000		$ 88,513,000		$ 94,011,000