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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Amount classified as intangible assets, excluding goodwill, attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Jun. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2014	May 30, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated goodwill impairment loss	$ 922,500,000		$ 922,500,000			$ 922,500,000
Amortization of intangible assets	1,300,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	4,200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	5,572,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	12,794,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life			3 years
Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life			7 years
High-Speed Converter Business
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets held for sale						6,600,000	5,600,000
Long-lived assets impairment	0	4,797,000	8,471,000	4,979,000
Existing Technology, Customer Relationships and Non-compete Agreements \| High-Speed Converter Business
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived assets impairment					5,600,000
Existing Technology \| High-Speed Converter Business
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived assets impairment					4,600,000
Customer relationships \| High-Speed Converter Business
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived assets impairment					900,000
Non-compete agreements \| High-Speed Converter Business
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived assets impairment					$ 100,000