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Segment, Product and Geographic Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment revenues	$ 840,542us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 770,739us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 737,255us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Segment operating income (loss)	72,725us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	74,343us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	67,060us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Non operating income loss, net	12,769us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	1,057us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(1,174)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Consolidated earnings before income taxes	85,494us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	75,400us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	65,886us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Significant noncash item:
Share based compensation	1,929us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	1,840us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	1,936us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Depreciation and amortization	14,592us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	14,309us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	13,299us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Driver Ic [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment revenues	672,068us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	644,500us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	634,111us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember
Segment operating income (loss)	92,290us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	89,162us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	83,883us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember
Significant noncash item:
Share based compensation	1,341us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	1,359us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	1,612us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember
Depreciation and amortization	3,449us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	7,564us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember	8,881us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_DriverIcMember
Non-driver products [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Segment revenues	168,474us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	126,239us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	103,144us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember
Segment operating income (loss)	(19,565)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	(14,819)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	(16,823)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember
Significant noncash item:
Share based compensation	588us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	481us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	324us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember
Depreciation and amortization	$ 11,143us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	$ 6,745us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember	$ 4,418us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = himx_NonDriverProductsMember

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