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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Intangible Assets | The following table reflects the components of intangible assets (in thousands):
| June 30, 2013 |  | June 24, 2012
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net |
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $137,440 |  |  |  | ($59,611 | ) |  |  | $77,829 |  |  |  | $137,440 |  |  |  | ($51,103 | ) |  |  | $86,337 |
Developed technology | 162,760 |  |  | (53,476 | ) |  | 109,284 |  |  | 160,360 |  |  | (33,141 | ) |  | 127,219 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,244 |  |  | (4,037 | ) |  | 6,207 |  |  | 10,244 |  |  | (2,077 | ) |  | 8,167 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (493 | ) |  | 27 |  |  | 520 |  |  | (469 | ) |  | 51 |
Patent and license rights | 116,147 |  |  | (34,849 | ) |  | 81,298 |  |  | 97,812 |  |  | (28,791 | ) |  | 69,021 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives |  | $427,111 |  |  |  | ($152,466 | ) |  |  | $274,645 |  |  |  | $406,376 |  |  |  | ($115,581 | ) |  |  | $290,795 |
In-process research and development, indefinite-lived | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 2,400 |  |  |  |  | 2,400 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 82,880 |  |  |  |  | 82,880 |  |  | 82,880 |  |  |  |  | 82,880 |
Total intangible assets |  | $509,991 |  |  |  | ($152,466 | ) |  |  | $357,525 |  |  |  | $491,656 |  |  |  | ($115,581 | ) |  |  | $376,075 |
Schedule of Future Amortization Expense of Definite-lived Intangible Assets | Total future amortization expense of definite-lived intangible assets is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ending |
June 29, 2014 |  | $36,049 |
June 28, 2015 | 33,073 |
June 26, 2016 | 32,795 |
June 25, 2017 | 30,824 |
June 24, 2018 | 29,663 |
Thereafter | 112,241 |
|  | $274,645 |
Schedule of Goodwill by Reporting Unit | Goodwill by reporting unit as of June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):
LED Products |  | Lighting Products |  | Power and RF Products |  | Consolidated Total
| $245,857 |  |  |  | $337,781 |  |  |  | $32,707 |  |  |  | $616,345 |

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