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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Note Payable Current
Note payable, Unamortized Discount	$ 306us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = amsc_NotesPayableCurrentMember	$ 555us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = amsc_NotesPayableCurrentMember
Note Payable Noncurrent
Note payable, Unamortized Discount	$ 298us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = amsc_NotesPayableNoncurrentMember	$ 287us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = amsc_NotesPayableNoncurrentMember

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- Definition

The amount of debt discount that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28541-108399



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-Paragraph 8

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34725769&loc=d3e28878-108400

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