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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
Jan. 30, 2015
Jul. 01, 2013
Jan. 03, 2015
Acquisition        
Payment of earn-out for the first annual period $ 4,464,000slab_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationAmountPaid      
Purchase price allocation        
Goodwill 264,687,000us-gaap_Goodwill     228,781,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Bluegiga        
Acquisition        
Cash consideration   58,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Amount of initial consideration held in escrow by the company as security for breaches of representations and warranties and certain other expressly enumerated matters   9,400,000slab_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationEscrow
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Purchase price allocation        
Intangible assets   25,450,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Cash and cash equivalents   1,132,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Other current assets   6,156,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsOther
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= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Goodwill   35,906,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Other non-current assets   208,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Current liabilities   (3,289,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Non-current deferred tax liabilities, net   (5,090,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Long-term debt   (2,232,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Other non-current liabilities   (219,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Total purchase price   58,022,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Acquisition-related costs recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses 1,200,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
     
Discount rate applicable to the cash flows (as a percent)   16.10%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
   
Bluegiga | Developed technology        
Purchase price allocation        
Intangible assets   12,190,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
   
Weighted-Average Amortization Period   8 years    
Bluegiga | Customer relationships        
Purchase price allocation        
Intangible assets   6,670,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
   
Weighted-Average Amortization Period   4 years    
Bluegiga | Trademarks        
Purchase price allocation        
Intangible assets   880,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
   
Weighted-Average Amortization Period   3 years    
Bluegiga | In-process research and development        
Purchase price allocation        
Intangible assets   5,710,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_BluegigaTechnologiesOyMember
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_InProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
   
Energy Micro        
Acquisition        
Cash consideration 20,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
     
Purchase price of acquisition     140,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Initial consideration     107,400,000slab_BusinessCombinationInitialConsiderationTransferred
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Deferred consideration in the form of a promissory note, fair value     19,200,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Earn-Out, fair value     14,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
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= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Earn out period     5 years  
Maximum annual Earn-Out payment     6,666,666slab_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationMaximumAnnualPayment
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= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Minimum revenue in single fiscal year from Earn-Out products required to make the entire Earn-Out amount payable     400,000,000slab_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationMinimumRevenueInFiscalYearFromEarnOutProductsRequiredForEntireEarnOutToBePayable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Amount of initial consideration held in escrow by the company as security for breaches of representations and warranties and certain other expressly enumerated matters     20,300,000us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Percentage of Earn-Out contingent on the continued employment of certain key employees     28.76%slab_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationPercentageContingentOnContinuedEmploymentOfCertainKeyEmployees
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
 
Period of continued employment of key employees for calculating Earn-out portion following acquisition date     3 years  
Payment of earn-out for the first annual period 6,300,000slab_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationAmountPaid
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
     
Earn-out payment representing the Departure Percentage portion and recorded as compensation expense 1,800,000slab_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationAmountRepresentingDeparturePercentagePortion
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember
     
Remaining Earn-out payment representing additional consideration $ 4,500,000slab_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationAmountRepresentingAdditionalConsideration
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= slab_EnergyMicroMember