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Other Current Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of other current liabilities | Other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
| At
| December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Accrued warranty | $ | 4,203 |  |  | $ | 4,797 |
Accrued professional services | 584 |  |  | 1,497 |
Customer deposits | 27 |  |  | 4,912 |
Fair value of current portion of contingent payments to Zygo Corporation related to acquisition | 649 |  |  | 679 |
Legal settlement | — |  |  | 2,500 |
Other | 2,359 |  |  | 2,324 |
Total other current liabilities | $ | 7,822 |  |  | $ | 16,709 |

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