Reportable Segments (Revenues, Gross Profit and Gross Margin, by Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	$ 405,259	$ 348,934	$ 1,211,351	$ 1,010,973
Gross profit	149,994	133,010	456,529	382,535
Gross Profit, Percent	37.00%	38.10%	37.70%	37.80%
LED Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	201,119	195,561	634,164	584,070
Gross profit	91,634	85,728	290,931	245,381
Gross Profit, Percent	45.60%	43.80%	45.90%	42.00%
Lighting Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	176,691	130,659	498,265	361,446
Gross profit	48,487	39,966	136,731	115,449
Gross Profit, Percent	27.40%	30.60%	27.40%	31.90%
Power and RF Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, net	27,449	22,714	78,922	65,457
Gross profit	15,675	12,033	44,452	35,253
Gross Profit, Percent	57.10%	53.00%	56.30%	53.90%
Total Segment Gross Profit [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit	155,796	137,727	472,114	396,083
Unallocated Costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit	$ (5,802)	$ (4,717)	$ (15,585)	$ (13,548)

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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