Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration, Asset

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Debt Instrument Issued To Parent

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill Impairment

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Impairment On Assets Held For Sale

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Term Of Continuing Supply Of Materials And Services

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Term Of Real Estate License Agreement

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a business segment or subsidiary or sale of an entity that is related to it but not strictly controlled during the period (for example, an unconsolidated subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture or equity method investment).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3179-108585

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 18, 2020	Dec. 27, 2020	Sep. 27, 2020	Dec. 29, 2019	Dec. 27, 2020	Dec. 29, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Term of certain silicon carbide materials and fabrication services	4 years
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| LED Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash received from divestiture	$ 50,000,000
Unsecured promissory note issued to parent in disposition	$ 125,000,000
Goodwill impairment		$ 6,900,000	$ 105,700,000	$ 0	$ 112,600,000	$ 0
Impairment on assets held for sale		$ 19,500,000		$ 0	$ 19,500,000	$ 0
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| LED Business \| Purchase Price Note \| Unsecured Promissory Note \| LIBOR
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate of debt instrument (as a percent)	3.00%
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| LED Business \| Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Potential earn-out payment	$ 125,000,000
Term of real estate license agreement	24 months