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Income Taxes (Effective tax rate reconciliation) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations, Income Tax Reconciliation [Abstract]      
Federal tax $ 30,097us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 13,501us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 10,783us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of federal tax provision (benefit) 18us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 29us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 213us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Foreign income taxed at lower tax rates (9,421)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (8,363)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (15,515)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
U.S. tax impact of foreign operations 365diod_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignOperations 608diod_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignOperations 3,631diod_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignOperations
Foreign withholding taxes 3,694diod_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignOperationsForeignWithholdingTaxes 866diod_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignOperationsForeignWithholdingTaxes  
Goodwill impairment   904us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses  
Research and development (2,666)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseResearchAndDevelopment (2,294)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseResearchAndDevelopment  
Liability for unrecognized tax benefits (556)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 7,802us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 4,217us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Provision-to-return adjustments (1,925)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes 554us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes (102)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes
Other 753us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 874us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 1,598us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total income tax provision $ 20,359us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 14,481us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 4,825us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations, Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]      
Income tax rate, Federal tax 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Income tax rate, State income taxes 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Income tax rate, Foreign income taxed at lower tax rates (11.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (21.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (50.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Income tax rate, U.S. tax impact of foreign operations 0.40%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignOperations 1.60%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignOperations 11.80%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignOperations
Income tax rate, Foreign withholding taxes 4.30%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignWithholdingTaxes 2.20%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignWithholdingTaxes  
Income tax rate, Goodwill impairment   2.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses  
Income tax rate, Research and development (3.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseResearchAndDevelopment (5.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseResearchAndDevelopment  
Income tax rate, Liability for unrecognized tax benefits (0.60%)diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 20.20%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 13.70%diod_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Income tax rate, Provision-to-return adjustment (2.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes 1.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes
Income tax rate, Other 0.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 2.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 5.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Income tax rate, Total 23.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 37.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 15.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations