Gross profit (aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity), as percent of revenue.

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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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- Definition

Charge to cost of goods sold that represents the reduction of the carrying amount of inventory, generally attributable to obsolescence or market conditions.

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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

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 330

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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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

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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-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 $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Sep. 23, 2012	Jun. 24, 2012	Mar. 25, 2012	Dec. 25, 2011	Sep. 25, 2011	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 24, 2012	Jun. 26, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Inventory Write-down									$ 12,500,000	$ 14,700,000	$ 14,600,000
Revenues	375,009,000	348,934,000	346,286,000	315,753,000	306,759,000	284,801,000	304,118,000	268,980,000	1,385,982,000	1,164,658,000	987,615,000
Gross profit	140,725,000	133,010,000	133,476,000	116,049,000	106,903,000	99,413,000	105,118,000	98,028,000	523,260,000	409,462,000	435,773,000
Gross Profit, Percent									38.00%	35.00%	44.00%
LED Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									801,483,000	756,924,000	808,207,000
Gross profit									344,649,000	290,642,000	375,424,000
Gross Profit, Percent									43.00%	38.00%	46.00%
Lighting Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									495,089,000	334,704,000	81,784,000
Gross profit									148,947,000	103,396,000	23,686,000
Gross Profit, Percent									30.00%	31.00%	29.00%
Power and RF Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									89,410,000	73,030,000	97,624,000
Gross profit									48,127,000	32,051,000	49,828,000
Gross Profit, Percent									54.00%	44.00%	51.00%
SegmentsTotal [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit									541,723,000	426,089,000	448,938,000
Unallocated Amount to Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit									(18,463,000)	(16,627,000)	(13,165,000)
Cost of Sales [Member] \| LED Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Inventory Write-down									$ 3,100,000