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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared [Table Text Block] | In 2014, the Company's Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend program. Cash dividends were paid quarterly in 2016 and 2015 as follows:
Record date | Payment date |  | Amount (per share) |  | Record date | Payment date |  | Amount (per share) |
March 11, 2016 | March 29, 2016 |  | $ | 0.0625 |  | March 12, 2015 | March 25, 2015 |  | $ | 0.0600 |
June 15, 2016 | June 29, 2016 |  | $ | 0.0625 |  | June 11, 2015 | June 25, 2015 |  | $ | 0.0600 |
September 15, 2016 | September 29, 2016 |  | $ | 0.0625 |  | September 2, 2015 | September 24, 2015 |  | $ | 0.0600 |
December 8, 2016 | December 22, 2016 |  | $ | 0.0625 |  | December 3, 2015 | December 22, 2015 |  | $ | 0.0600 |
Shares of common stock reserved for future issuance | At December 31, 2016, the Company had reserved shares of common stock for future issuance as follows:
Restricted stock units outstanding |  |  | 1,004,000 |
Phantom stock units outstanding |  |  | 145,000 |
Common stock options outstanding |  |  | 77,000 |
2007 Stock Incentive Program - available to grant |  |  | 3,474,000 |
Convertible senior debentures, due 2040* |  |  | 23,585,258 |
Convertible senior debentures, due 2041* |  |  | 9,470,490 |
Convertible senior debentures, due 2042* |  |  | 15,350,865 |
Conversion of Class B common stock |  |  | 12,129,227 |
|  |  | 65,235,840 |
___________________ *At December 31, 2016, the convertible senior debentures due 2040, due 2041, and due 2042 are convertible into 20,931,983, 8,331,840, and 13,424,175 shares, respectively, of Vishay common stock. The Company has reserved adequate shares to ensure it could issue the maximum amount of shares to be delivered upon a make-whole fundamental change as defined in the indentures governing the debentures.

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