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Note 3 Business Combinations (Narratives) (Details) (USD $)
9 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 12, 2014
Jun. 27, 2013
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Mar. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]              
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired $ 2,297,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired $ 20,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired          
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]              
Equity Method Investments 11,369,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments       5,921,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments   11,369,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
ATEC [Member]              
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]              
Equity Investment Effective Date     Dec. 12, 2014        
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage     24.30%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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Equity Method Investments     5,900,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
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Equity Method Investment, Description of Principal Activities     ATEC is a supplier located in the Philippines that provides assembly and test services        
Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Assets     23,200,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationAssets
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Liabilities     7,400,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationLiabilities
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Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments     0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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Equity Investment Related Costs     14,000ixys_EquityInvestmentRelatedCosts
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MCU Business [Member]              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]              
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity       System LSI Division of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.      
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity       The acquired product line includes microcontrollers potentially useful in a number of applications, which have to date been principally used in consumer product applications.      
Business Combination, Reason for Business Combination       The acquisition was intended to bolster our product portfolio and empower customers to utilize products from across our multiple product lines.      
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition       Jun. 27, 2013      
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net       50,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired       20,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
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= ixys_McuBusinessMember
     
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Installment Payments, Total       30,000,000ixys_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityInstallmentPaymentsTotal
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= ixys_McuBusinessMember
     
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Installment Payments, Each Installment       15,000,000ixys_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityInstallmentPaymentsEachInstallment
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= ixys_McuBusinessMember
     
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Installment Payments, Number of Installment Payments       2ixys_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityInstallmentPaymentsNumberOfInstallmentPayments
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Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Payment Date of First Installment Payment       Jun. 26, 2014      
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Payment Date of Second Installment Payment       Dec. 23, 2014      
Business Combination Acquisition Related Costs         403,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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= ixys_McuBusinessMember
   
Goodwill, Acquired During Period       25,164,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Other Acquisition [Member]              
Business Acquisition [Line Items]              
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired           2,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
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Goodwill, Acquired During Period           2,800,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Loans Assumed from Business Acquisition           723,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt
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= ixys_OtherAcquisitionMember
 
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments             $ (304,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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