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Short-Term and Long-Term Investments - Summary of Available-for-Sale Securities (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost	$ 3,430,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	$ 3,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
Gross Unrealized Gains	2,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
Gross unrealized losses	440,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	428,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
Estimated Fair Value	2,992,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	3,272,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Failed Auction Security [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost	3,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	3,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
Gross unrealized losses	440,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	425,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
Estimated Fair Value	2,560,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	2,575,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
Brokered Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cost	430,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = vicr_BrokeredCertificatesOfDepositMember	700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = vicr_BrokeredCertificatesOfDepositMember
Gross Unrealized Gains	2,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = vicr_BrokeredCertificatesOfDepositMember
Gross unrealized losses		3,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = vicr_BrokeredCertificatesOfDepositMember
Estimated Fair Value	$ 432,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = vicr_BrokeredCertificatesOfDepositMember	$ 697,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = vicr_BrokeredCertificatesOfDepositMember

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Amount before tax of unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt securities classified as available-for-sale.

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