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Credit Facilities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Maximum borrowing capacity under bank line of credit facility | $ 10,000,000.0
Bank line of credit facility, maturity date | Aug. 22, 2014
Borrowings under bank line of credit facility | 0
Unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short term investments to current liabilities ratio | maintain a ratio of unrestricted cash, accounts receivable and short term investments to current liabilities (less deferred revenue) of at least 1.75 to 1.00
Line of credit facility financial covenant terms | 4.12 to 1
Line of credit facility financial covenant terms | 1.75
Ratio under covenant | 4.12
Covenants under the line of credit facility | At December 31, 2013, Harmonic was in compliance with the covenants under the line of credit facility
Interest rate | 3.25%
Annualized rate of LIBOR | 0.17%
Credit facility collateral | Borrowings are not collateralized
Minimum [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Percentage added to LIBOR to facilitate line of credit | 1.75%
Maximum [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Percentage added to LIBOR to facilitate line of credit | 1.92%
Standby letters of credit [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Maximum borrowing capacity under bank line of credit facility | 200,000
Line of credit [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Maximum borrowing capacity under bank line of credit facility | $ 9,800,000

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- Definition Discussion of whether the borrowings under the credit facility are secured or unsecured and, if secured, a description of collateral (for example, accounts receivable less than 120 days old, finished goods inventory). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(b)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 22 -Article 5 + Details
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