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Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Details) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Segment Reporting (Textual) [Abstract] |
Disclosure on geographic areas, description of revenue from external customers | United States and Greater China each comprises greater than 10%

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- Definition Disclosure about revenues from external customers (1) attributed to the entity's country of domicile and (2) attributed to all foreign countries in total from which the entity derives revenues. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -Subparagraph (a) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126901519&loc=d3e9038-108599 + Details
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