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Commitments And Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended															12 Months Ended
Commitments And Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 22, 2022 item	Feb. 28, 2022 item	Jan. 31, 2022 item	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) item	Nov. 30, 2021 item	Jun. 30, 2021 item	May 31, 2021 item	Jul. 31, 2020 item	Jun. 30, 2020 item	May 31, 2020 item	Apr. 30, 2020 item	Feb. 29, 2020 item	Jul. 31, 2019 item	Mar. 31, 2018 item	Mar. 31, 2017 item	Dec. 31, 2015 item	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrued costs \| $				$ 555													$ 555	$ 936
ParkerVision v. LG Electronics [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of additional patents allegedly infringed upon						2
Additional number of patents subject to Inter Parter review				2
ParkerVision v. Apple and Qualcomm (Middle District of Florida) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of petitions													6
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon																4
Number of patents dismissed														3
Claim construction											7		2
ParkerVision v. Intel II (Western District of Texas) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon								2	1
Number of patents found not infringed upon								2
ParkerVision v. Qualcomm (Middle District of Florida) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of petitions															6
Number of asserted patents													4
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon																	4
Number of patents found infringed upon															2
Number of patents found not infringed upon															3
Estimated loss \| $				$ 1,300,000													$ 1,300,000
ParkerVision v. TCL (Western District of Texas) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of additional patents allegedly infringed upon										2
Number of patents subject to Inter Partes review							2
Number of asserted patents							10
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon												8
TCL, et. al. v. ParkerVision (PTAB) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents subject to Inter Partes review					2
Subsequent Event [Member] \| ParkerVision V. Intel (Western District of Texas) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of additional patents allegedly infringed upon		6
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon		2
Number of asserted patents		6
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Intel v. ParkerVision (PTAB) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of additional patents allegedly infringed upon			1
Number of patents subject to Inter Partes review			2
Number of claims to institute trial			7
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon			2
Number of patents found infringed upon			1
Subsequent Event [Member] \| ParkerVision v. Qualcomm (Middle District of Florida) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon	3
Maximum [Member] \| ParkerVision v. Apple and Qualcomm (Middle District of Florida) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Claim construction											10