Reportable Segments (Revenues, Gross Profit and Gross Margin, by Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	$ 415,086	$ 346,286	$ 806,092	$ 662,039
Gross profit	155,778	133,476	306,535	249,525
Gross Profit, Percent	37.50%	38.50%	38.00%	37.70%
LED Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	215,022	200,962	433,045	388,509
Gross profit	97,644	84,186	199,297	159,653
Gross Profit, Percent	45.40%	41.90%	46.00%	41.10%
Lighting Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	173,656	122,714	321,574	230,787
Gross profit	48,426	41,383	88,244	75,483
Gross Profit, Percent	27.90%	33.70%	27.40%	32.70%
Power And RF Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	26,408	22,610	51,473	42,743
Gross profit	15,321	12,798	28,777	23,220
Gross Profit, Percent	58.00%	56.60%	55.90%	54.30%
Total Segment Gross Profit [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit	161,391	138,367	316,318	258,356
Unallocated Costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit	$ (5,613)	$ (4,891)	$ (9,783)	$ (8,831)

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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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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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(a))

-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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