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Significant Accounting Policies - Exchange Rates for Euros into U.S. Dollars Applicable for Translation of NXP's Financial Statements (Detail) | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
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Period End [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Statement Details [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates for euros into U.S. dollars | 1.3190 |  | 1.2938 |  | 1.3370 |
Average [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Statement Details [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates for euros into U.S. dollars | 1.2887 | [1] | 1.3908 | [1] | 1.3326 | [1]
High [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Statement Details [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates for euros into U.S. dollars | 1.2238 |  | 1.2938 |  | 1.2183 |
Low [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Statement Details [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates for euros into U.S. dollars | 1.3347 |  | 1.4531 |  | 1.4402 |
[1] | The average rates are the average rates based on monthly quotations.

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- Definition Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 830 -SubTopic 30 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6897108&loc=SL6897125-166521 + Details
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