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Joint Venture, Number of Directors

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount of other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale), recognized in earnings and other comprehensive loss (OCI).

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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Amount of cash inflow from a noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, purchase of additional shares or other increase in noncontrolling interest ownership.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 17, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2021 USD ($) board_member segment	Jun. 28, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
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Prior period reclassification adjustment		$ 0
Number of reportable segments \| segment		1
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments			$ 0	$ 0
Advertising costs		$ 5,100,000	3,800,000	3,700,000
Cash paid for interest		14,100,000	5,900,000	4,000,000.0
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received		$ 11,000,000.0	$ 3,600,000	$ 500,000
Cree Venture LED
Basis of Presentation and Changes in Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Payments to acquire interest in joint venture	$ 5,100,000
Ownership interest by parent (as a percent)	51.00%
Number of directors \| board_member		5
Number of directors appointed by company \| board_member		3
San'an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. \| Cree Venture LED
Basis of Presentation and Changes in Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Proceeds from noncontrolling interests	$ 4,900,000
Ownership interest by noncontrolling owners (as a percent)	49.00%
Number of directors appointed by company \| board_member		2
Minimum
Basis of Presentation and Changes in Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets		4 years
Number of renewal options \| segment		1
Renewal term of leases (in years)		1 year
Maximum
Basis of Presentation and Changes in Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets		15 years
Renewal term of leases (in years)		5 years
Patents \| Maximum
Basis of Presentation and Changes in Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets		20 years