Gross Profit, Before Unallocated Variable Cost of Sales

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Unallocated Variable Cost of Sales

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Aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Aggregate revenue recognized during the period (derived from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an entity's earning process). For financial services companies, also includes investment and interest income, and sales and trading gains.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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Reportable Segments Schedule of Financial Results, by Segment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2012 reportable_segments operating_segments	Mar. 25, 2012	Dec. 25, 2011	Sep. 25, 2011	Jun. 26, 2011	Mar. 27, 2011	Dec. 26, 2010	Sep. 26, 2010	Jun. 24, 2012 reportable_segments	Jun. 26, 2011	Jun. 27, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	3								3
Number of Operating Segments	3
Revenue, net	$ 306,759	$ 284,801	$ 304,118	$ 268,980	$ 243,027	$ 219,168	$ 256,983	$ 268,437	$ 1,164,658	$ 987,615	$ 867,287
Gross Profit, Before Unallocated Variable Cost of Sales									426,089	448,938	426,205
Unallocated variable cost of sales									(16,627)	(13,165)	(15,098)
Gross profit	106,903	99,413	105,118	98,028	92,703	91,395	121,146	130,529	409,462	435,773	411,107
LED Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net									756,924	808,207	747,431
Gross Profit, Before Unallocated Variable Cost of Sales									290,642	375,424	379,806
Lighting Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net									334,704	81,784	42,516
Gross Profit, Before Unallocated Variable Cost of Sales									103,396	23,686	12,041
Power And RF Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net									73,030	97,624	77,340
Gross Profit, Before Unallocated Variable Cost of Sales									$ 32,051	$ 49,828	$ 34,358