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Significant Concentrations (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2008
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Provision for Doubtful Accounts	$ 554,000us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	$ 173,000us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	$ 0us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts
SVA - NEC [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable Gross		15,200,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableGross / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = himx_SvaNecsMember
Provision for Doubtful Accounts						25,300,000us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = himx_SvaNecsMember
Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable		15,200,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = himx_SvaNecsMember
Allowance for Loan and Lease Loss, Recovery of Bad Debts				1,500,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = himx_SvaNecsMember	8,600,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = himx_SvaNecsMember
Accounts Receivable Write Offs	$ 15,200,000himx_AccountsReceivableWriteOffs / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = himx_SvaNecsMember

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For unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from customers or clients for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business.

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Amount of recovery of loans and lease receivables which had previously been fully or partially written-off as bad debts.

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Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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