Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Strike Price as a Percentage of Market Value

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized, Annual Increase, Percent of Shares Outstanding

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized, Annual Increase, Shares

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Issuance

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Term of Award

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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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 maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Employee Stock and Benefit Plans (Plan Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 26, 2012	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contributions by the Company to the 401(k) plan		$ 0.6	$ 0.0
2012 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)		8,069,184
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)		1,425,230
2012 Equity Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period	10 years
2012 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	4 years
Term of award	10 years
2000 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		4 years
Term of award		10 years
Number of shares available for issuance (in shares)		0
2000 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock Options \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award strike price as a percentage of market value		85.00%
Increase of Number of Shares Option \| 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity incentive plan annual increase (in shares)	3,050,000
Increase of Percentage of Shares Outstanding Option \| 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity incentive plan, annual increase, percent of shares outstanding	5.00%