Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies - Future Financing Commitments (Details) (USD $)	Jul. 03, 2011	Jan. 02, 2011	Jul. 03, 2011 AUOSP [Member] AUO Joint Venture [Member]	Jul. 03, 2011 AUO Joint Venture [Member]	Jul. 03, 2011 Related Party [Member]	Sep. 28, 2010 Related Party [Member]
Financing Commitment [Line Items]
Investments in non-public companies	$ 6,418,000	$ 6,418,000				$ 200,000
Future Financing Obligation			271,000,000		4,940,000
Potential Additional Financing Obligation if Requested by Joint Venture				50,000,000
2011 (remaining nine months)	1,900,000
2012	75,870,000
2013	101,400,000
2014	96,770,000
Total Future Financing Obligations	$ 275,940,000