Represents the ownership interest percentage of common stock deemed to be beneficially owned by the beneficial owners.

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Represents the payment for contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business acquisition.

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Represents the amount of investment in the acquired entity by related party prior to the acquisition.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Paragraph 13
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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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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2013	Jul. 01, 2013	Jan. 02, 2016
Related Party Transaction
Payment of the fiscal 2014 earn-out			$ 4,464
Energy Micro
Related Party Transaction
Cash consideration			20,000
Payment of the fiscal 2014 earn-out			6,300
Contingent consideration	$ 33,300	$ 33,300	26,700
Mr. Forre \| Energy Micro
Related Party Transaction
Beneficial ownership percentage		30.00%
Cash consideration	$ 35,000		6,100
Payment of the fiscal 2014 earn-out			1,900
Contingent consideration			8,100
Mr. Bogen \| Energy Micro
Related Party Transaction
Beneficial ownership percentage		2.00%
Cash consideration		$ 900	400
Payment of the fiscal 2014 earn-out			100
Contingent consideration			$ 500
Investment in acquired entity by related party prior to the acquisition		$ 800