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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]  
Purchase Commitments 16us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentRemainingMinimumAmountCommitted
Putative Securities Class Action  
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]  
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant Diodes, Inc
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date 2013-03-15
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff Local 731 I.B. of T. Excavators and Pavers Pension Trust Fund
Stockholder Derivative Action Two  
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]  
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant Keh-Shew Lu
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date Feb. 20, 2014
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff Persson
Loss Contingency, Allegations on behalf of the Company against its directors, in which plaintiff alleges that the Board breached their fiduciary duties by allowing the Company to make allegedly misleading public statements in 2011 regarding the labor market in China and its impact on the Company’s business and prospects, by failing to maintain internal controls and by selling shares of Diodes stock while allegedly in possession of material nonpublic information regarding the labor market in China and its impact on the Company’s business and prospects.
Number of days given to extend stay of an action after either expiration of an appeal period or a final decision 30 days