Acquisitions and Divestitures - Additional Information (Details)				1 Months Ended		11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 05, 2020 USD ($) Tranche	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2020 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition percentage of increases in investment				10.00%
Net sales							$ 2,000,580,000	$ 1,805,162,000	$ 1,229,215,000
Net income attributable to common stockholders							331,283,000	228,763,000	98,088,000
Additional interest expense included in unaudited proforma consolidated results							8,320,000	7,491,000	11,662,000
Reduction income tax expense benefit included in unaudited proforma consolidated results							56,685,000	78,807,000	$ 21,112,000
Joint Venture Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment in joint venture											$ 5,400,000		$ 5,400,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage													60.00%
Fabless Wafer Design Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments for convertible promissory note					$ 5,000,000.0
Investments							$ 10,000,000.0
Interest rate					3.00%
Promissory note convertible into additional preferred stock due period					2026-07
Fabless Wafer Design Company | Forecast | Joint Venture Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment in joint venture										$ 17,900,000
South Portland Maine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total consideration paid	$ 80,400,000
South Portland Maine [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs	$ 500,000
Lite On Semiconductor
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Nov. 30, 2020
Business acquisition shares repurchased | shares		7,765,778
Business acquisition shares repurchased percentage		15.00%
Business combination separately recognized transactions, gain or loss on settlement of accounts receivables		$ 0
Percentage of shares acquired by subsidiary in acquiree		100.00%
Business acquisition, share price | $ / shares		$ 42.50
Business acquisition, shares acquired | shares		307,371,139
Purchase price		$ 453,400,000
Total consideration after adjustments for the settlement of pre-existing relationship		154,000,000.0
Derecognition of dividend payable accrual due to measurement period adjustments						$ 12,800,000
Reduction in social insurance and information technology liability due to measurement period adjustments						1,500,000
Adjustments to income tax payable fair value due to measurement period adjustments						10,735,000
Adjustments to inventory fair value due to measurement period adjustments						(714,000)
Adjustments to property, plant, and equipment fair value due to measurement period adjustments						$ 4,808,000
Business acquisition, proforma information, description									The unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations do not purport to be indicative of the results that would have been obtained if the above acquisition had actually occurred as of the dates indicated or of those results that may be obtained in the future. The unaudited proforma consolidated results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, include adjustments that result in a reduction to amortization and depreciation of $5.5 million, removal of sales to Diodes on the books of LSC and related cost of goods sold of $12.4 million and $7.9 million, respectively, removal of LSC’s share of Diodes’ profits as a 15% shareholder of $13.1 million, removal of $2.4 million of transaction costs, additional interest expense of $6.0 million, removal of impairment charges of $6.3 million, removal of operations of On-Bright, and a tax impact of those adjustments of a reduction to tax expense of $18.6 million. LSC has been conformed to Diodes’ reporting calendar.
Adjustments in reduction to amortization included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									$ 5,500,000
Adjustments in removal of sales included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									12,400,000
Adjustments in cost of goods sold included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									$ 7,900,000
Adjustments in sales removal profit percentage included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									15.00%
Adjustments in sales removal profit amount included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									$ 13,100,000
Adjustments in removal of transaction costs included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									2,400,000
Adjustments in removal of impairment charges included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									6,300,000
Additional interest expense included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									6,000,000.0
Reduction income tax expense benefit included in unaudited proforma consolidated results									$ 18,600,000
Total consideration paid		$ 453,400,000
Savitech Corporation (“Savitech”)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, date of acquisition agreement			Feb. 05, 2020
Agreement amount to be invested			$ 14,200,000
Ownership percentage														33.60%
Number of tranche investment | Tranche			2
Total consideration paid			$ 14,200,000
Savitech Corporation (“Savitech”) | Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			51.00%									53.00%
Savitech Corporation (“Savitech”) | Tranche One
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment amount														$ 5,600,000
Savitech Corporation (“Savitech”) | Tranche Two
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment amount												$ 8,500,000
Savitech Corporation (“Savitech”) | Selling, General and Administrative
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			$ 100,000
Assets Held-for-Sale
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total consideration paid				$ 41,500,000				41,500,000
Cash consideration				15,200,000				$ 15,200,000
Working capital adjustments				23,300,000
Equity value				3,100,000
Assets Held-for-Sale | Other Income
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain or loss on reclassification of disposal group to held-for-sale				$ 9,500,000
Preferred Stock | Fabless Wafer Design Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, shares acquired | shares					10,000,000.0