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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 26, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill by Reporting Unit | Goodwill by reporting unit as of June 26, 2016 was as follows (in thousands):
LED Products |  | Lighting Products |  | Power and RF Products |  | Consolidated Total
| $245,857 |  |  |  | $337,781 |  |  |  | $35,190 |  |  |  | $618,828 |
Components of Intangible Assets | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| June 26, 2016 |  | June 28, 2015
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $141,420 |  |  |  | ($78,438 | ) |  |  | $62,982 |  |  |  | $136,920 |  |  |  | ($72,063 | ) |  |  | $64,857 |
Developed technology | 181,728 |  |  | (111,884 | ) |  | 69,844 |  |  | 162,760 |  |  | (91,562 | ) |  | 71,198 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,475 |  |  | (9,994 | ) |  | 481 |  |  | 10,244 |  |  | (7,958 | ) |  | 2,286 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |  |  | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |
Patent and licensing rights | 145,780 |  |  | (55,957 | ) |  | 89,823 |  |  | 150,038 |  |  | (57,330 | ) |  | 92,708 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 479,923 |  |  | (256,793 | ) |  | 223,130 |  |  | 460,482 |  |  | (229,433 | ) |  | 231,049 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 79,680 |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | 79,680 |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |
Total intangible assets |  | $559,603 |  |  |  | ($256,793 | ) |  | $302,810 |  |  |  | $540,162 |  |  |  | ($229,433 | ) |  |  | $310,729 |
Schedule of Future Amortization Expense of Finite-lived Intangible Assets | Total future amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ending |
June 25, 2017 |  | $39,068 |
June 24, 2018 | 37,530 |
June 30, 2019 | 24,674 |
June 28, 2020 | 19,402 |
June 27, 2021 | 18,026 |
Thereafter | 84,430 |
Total future amortization expense |  | $223,130 |

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