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Background, Principal Activities and Basis of Presentation | 12 Months Ended
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] |
| Note 1. | Background, Principal Activities and Basis of Presentation
Background Himax Technologies, Inc. is a holding company located in the Cayman Islands. Following is general information about Himax Technologies, Inc.’s subsidiaries:
|  |  |  | Jurisdiction of |  | Percentage of Ownership December 31, |
Subsidiary |  | Main activities |  | Incorporation |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
Himax Technologies Limited |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies Korea Ltd. |  | Sales |  | South Korea |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Semiconductor, Inc. |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies (Samoa), Inc. |  | Investments |  | Samoa |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies (Suzhou), Co., Ltd. |  | Sales |  | PRC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies (Shenzhen), Co., Ltd. |  | Sales |  | PRC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Display, Inc. |  | LCOS and MEMS design, manufacturing and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 88.02 | % |  |  | 81.53 | %
Integrated Microdisplays Limited |  | LCOS sales |  | Hong Kong |  |  | 88.02 | % |  |  | 81.53 | %
Himax Display US Corp (1) |  | Investments |  | Delaware, USA |  |  | 88.02 | % |  |  | - |
Himax Display (USA) Inc. (2) |  | MEMS design |  | Delaware, USA |  |  | - |  |  |  | 81.53 | %
Himax Analogic, Inc. |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 75.10 | % |  |  | 74.60 | %
Himax Imaging, Inc. |  | Investments |  | Cayman Islands |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Imaging, Ltd. |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 89.69 | % |  |  | 87.95 | %
Himax Imaging Corp. |  | IC design |  | California, USA |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Argo Limited |  | Investments |  | Cayman Islands |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Tellus Limited |  | Investments |  | Cayman Islands |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
|  |  |  | Jurisdiction of |  | Percentage of Ownership December 31, |
Subsidiary |  | Main activities |  | Incorporation |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
Himax Media Solutions, Inc. |  | TFT-LCD television, monitor chipset operations, ASIC service and IP licensing |  | ROC |  |  | 78.25 | % |  |  | 78.28 | %
Himax Media Solutions (Hong Kong) Limited |  | Investments |  | Hong Kong |  |  | 78.25 | % |  |  | 78.28 | %
Harvest Investment Limited |  | Investments |  | ROC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Iris Optronics Co., Ltd. (3) |  | E-paper manufacturing and sales |  | ROC |  |  | - |  |  |  | 22.22 | %
| (1) | Himax Display US Corp., a holding company was newly incorporated in May 12, 2011, which was wholly owned by Himax Display, Inc. and merged with Spatial Photonics, Inc. on July 3, 2012. (see Note 3, “Acquisition”, for additional information)
| (2) | Spatial Photonics, Inc. has renamed as Himax Display (USA) Inc. on July 3, 2012.
| (3) | Iris Optronics Co., Ltd. (“Iris”) was newly incorporated on May 18, 2012 and the paid-in capital was $153 thousand. The Company is initially able to exercise control over the daily operating and financial decisions of Iris. As a result, Iris is included in the consolidated financial statements since established date.
Since March 2006, Himax Technologies, Inc.’s ordinary shares have been quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “HIMX” in the form of ADSs and two ordinary shares represent one ADS effect from August 10, 2009. See Note16 (a) as further described. Principal Activities Himax Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) is a fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. The Company is a worldwide market leader in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, the Company designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, MEMS and LCOS microdisplays used in palm-size projectors and head-mounted displays, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions, IP licensing and ASIC services. The Company also offers digital camera solutions, including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics, which are used in a wide variety of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera, automobile, security and medical devices. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”).

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