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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expenses [Table Text Block]

The amount of share-based compensation expenses included in applicable costs of sales and expense categories and related tax effects are summarized as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2012	2013
	(in thousands)

Cost of revenues	$	124	176	235
Research and development		5,062	5,625	6,705
General and administrative		872	1,191	1,308
Sales and marketing		1,005	1,230	1,425
Total compensation recognized in income	$	7,063	8,222	9,673
Income tax benefit	$	818	1,886	2,170

Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

RSUs activity under the long-term incentive plan during the periods indicated is as follows:

	Number of		Weighted
	Underlying		Average Grant
	Shares for RSUs		Date Fair Value

Balance at January 1, 2011	2,688,382	$	2.87
Granted	2,727,278		1.10
Vested	(4,096,965)		1.74
Forfeited	(146,307)		2.87
Balance at December 31, 2011	1,172,388		2.68
Granted	5,522,279		1.95
Vested	(3,879,959)		2.10
Forfeited	(177,253)		2.81
Balance at December 31, 2012	2,637,455		1.99
Granted	867,771		10.15
Vested	(1,719,273)		5.70
Forfeited	(274,730)		1.92
Balance at December 31, 2013	1,511,223		2.47

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expenses Restricted Stock Units [Table Text Block]

The allocation of compensation expenses and related tax effects from the RSUs granted to employees under the long-term incentive plan are summarized as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2012	2013
	(in thousands)

Cost of revenues	$	124	176	235
Research and development		4,790	5,605	6,686
General and administrative		863	1,184	1,307
Sales and marketing		996	1,230	1,425
Total compensation from RSUs	$	6,773	8,195	9,653
Income tax benefit	$	818	1,886	2,170

Imaging Taiwan [Member]

Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

Non-vested share activity of this award for Imaging Taiwan during the period indicated is as follows:

			Weighted
	Number of		Average Grant
	Shares		Date Fair Value

Balance at January 1, 2011		1,939,490	$	0.72
Granted		567,689		0.72
Vested		(601,129)		0.72
Forfeited		(28,971)		0.72
Balance at December 31, 2011		1,877,079		0.72
Vested		(699,967)		0.72
Forfeited		(821,365)		0.72
Balance at December 31, 2012		355,747		0.72
Vested		(181,448)		0.72
Forfeited		(143,160)		0.72
Balance at December 31, 2013		31,139		0.72

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The risk-free rates for the expected term of the options are based on the interest rate of 3 years ROC central government bond at the time of grant.

	2012			2013
Valuation assumptions:
Expected dividend yield		0	%		0	%
Expected volatility		43.29	%		39.50	%
Expected term (years)		3.125			2.125
Risk-free interest rate		0.87	%		0.85	%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

Stock option activity during the periods indicated is as follows:

					Weighted
			Weighted		average
			average		remaining
	Number		exercise		contractual
	of shares		price		term

Balance at January 1, 2012		-	$	-
Granted		1,115,000		1.004
Exercised		-		-
Forfeited		(65,000)		1.004
Balance at December 31, 2012		1,050,000		1.004		3.5
Granted		425,000		1.000
Exercised		-		-
Forfeited		(75,000)		1.004
Balance at December 31, 2013		1,400,000		1.003		2.5
Exercisable at December 31, 2013		700,000		1.003

Himax Media Solutions [Member]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The risk-free rates for the expected term of the options are based on the interest rate of 10 years and 5 years ROC central government bond at the time of grant for the 2007 plan and the 2009 plan, respectively.

	2007		2009
Valuation assumptions:
Expected dividend yield	0	%	0	%
Expected volatility	39.94	%	51.52	%
Expected term (years)	4.375		4.375
Risk-free interest rate	2.4776	%	2	%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

Numbers of shares and related data have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effect of Himax Media Solutions’ capital reduction. A summary of stock options activity during the periods indicated is as follows:

				Weighted
		Weighted		average
		average		remaining
	Number	exercise		contractual
	of shares	price		term

Balance at January 1, 2011	1,443,875	$	1.660	2.452
Granted	444,500		1.834
Exercised	-		-
Forfeited	(346,813)		1.717
Balance at December 31, 2011	1,541,562		1.696	1.803
Granted	9,750		1.856
Exercised	-		-
Forfeited	(372,187)		1.721
Balance at December 31, 2012	1,179,125		1.690	0.803
Granted	-		-
Exercised	-		-
Forfeited	(890,625)		1.834
Balance at December 31, 2013	288,500		1.244	-
Exercisable at December 31, 2013	288,500		1.244