<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001111770-14-000002.txt : 20141020
<SEC-HEADER>0001111770-14-000002.hdr.sgml : 20141020
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20141020161714
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001111770-14-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130621
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141020
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141020

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VICOR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000751978
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC [3679]
		IRS NUMBER:				042742817
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 FRONTAGE ROAD
		CITY:			ANDOVER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01810
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9784702900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 FRONTAGE RD
		CITY:			ANDOVER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01810

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KELLEHER BARRY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001111770

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18277
		FILM NUMBER:		141164112

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 FRONTAGE ROAD
		CITY:			ANDOVER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01810
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-06-21</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2013-06-25</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000751978</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>VICOR CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>vicr</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001111770</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KELLEHER BARRY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>25 FRONTAGE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ANDOVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01810</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President, Brick Business Unit</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non Qualified Stock Option</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.67</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-06-21</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On a Form 4 filed on June 25, 2013, the reporting person reported acquiring options to purchase 8,819 shares pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. However, the Company subsequently determined that, in an aggregate amount including the options to purchase 8,819 shares that are the subject of this amendment, options to purchase 69,514 shares were not validly granted during 2013 pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan because the grants exceeded the limit on the number of options that may be granted to any individual participant within any calendar year.  Accordingly, the attempted grant of these excess options was ineffective, and they were never granted to the reporting person.  The reporting person is filing this amendment to report the correct amount of options acquired on June 21, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Kemble D. Morrison, Attorney in fact for Barry Kelleher</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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