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Income Taxes (Details 5) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Total Income Tax Expenses [Line Items]
Income from continuing operations	$ 21,591us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 19,476us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 15,748us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Other comprehensive gain (loss)	43us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax	(99)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax	8us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax
Excess tax benefits allocated to additional paid-in capital from share-based compensation	(1,232)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	(1,271)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	0us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Total income tax expense	$ 20,402himx_TotalIncomeTaxExpense	$ 18,106himx_TotalIncomeTaxExpense	$ 15,756himx_TotalIncomeTaxExpense

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Amount of cash inflow from realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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