ACQUISITIONS (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Nov. 30, 2013 Symmetricom	Sep. 28, 2014 Centellax [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Mingoa and Centellax	Nov. 30, 2013 Completed technology Symmetricom	Sep. 28, 2014 Completed technology Centellax [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Customer relationships Symmetricom	Sep. 28, 2014 Customer relationships Centellax [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Other Symmetricom	Sep. 28, 2014 Other Centellax [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration					$ 312,739,000		$ 51,518,000
Cash and cash equivalents					26,337,000		586,000
Accounts receivable					32,131,000		2,307,000
Inventories					47,536,000		5,746,000
Other current assets					57,405,000		189,000
Property and equipment					18,857,000		1,898,000
Other assets					1,063,000		52,000
Identifiable intangible assets					108,800,000	20,730,000		74,100,000	19,100,000	30,400,000	1,360,000	4,300,000	270,000
Goodwill		885,610,000	790,236,000	790,236,000	67,329,000		28,045,000
Current liabilities					(36,753,000)		(5,530,000)
Deferred tax assets, net					(6,347,000)		(2,327,000)
Other non-current liabilities					(3,619,000)		(178,000)
Gross contractual amount of acquired receivables					33,400,000
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected					1,300,000
Asset Amount					108,800,000	20,730,000		74,100,000	19,100,000	30,400,000	1,360,000	4,300,000	270,000
Useful life of intangible asset								9 years	5 years	9 years	4 years	1 year	1 year
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Net sales	1,195,356,000	1,180,484,000
Net income	$ 22,638,000	$ 25,478,000
Basic	$ 0.25	$ 0.27
Diluted	$ 0.25	$ 0.27