Finite Lived Intangible Assets Acquired, Other Acquisition Costs

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Number Of Patents Acquired

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The number of now-issued U.S. patents under the perpetual license rights granted to the Company, when the license agreement was entered into.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, resulting from a business combination.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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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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ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 10, 2011	Jul. 23, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross			$ 126,852,000	$ 126,852,000
Less: Accumulated amortization			(43,838,000)	(32,841,000)
Acquired technology net			83,014,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	94,011,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
PD LD, Inc [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross			1,481,000	1,481,000
Motorola [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross			15,909,000	15,909,000
Motorola [Member] \| Licensing Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of patents under license agreement			74
Amortization period of acquired intangible assets (in years)	7 years 6 months
FUJIFILM [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired technology, gross			109,462,000	109,462,000
FUJIFILM [Member] \| Patents [Member]
FUJIFILM Patent Acquisition [Abstract]
Assigned value of acquired intangible assets		105,000,000
Cash paid for OLED patents		$ 4,500,000
OLED patents useful life		10 years
FUJIFILM [Member] \| Patents [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
FUJIFILM Patent Acquisition [Abstract]
Number of patents acquired		1,200