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Note 8 Borrowing Arrangements (Narratives) (Details)
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
June 2005 IKB Deutshe Industriebank Loans Payable [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
June 2005 IKB Deutshe Industriebank Loans Payable [Member]
EUR (€)
Sep. 30, 2014
Notes Payable, Other Payables [Member]
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2014
Notes Payable, Other Payables [Member]
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2015
April 2015 IKB Deutshe Industriebank Loan Payable [Member]
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2015
April 2015 IKB Deutshe Industriebank Loan Payable [Member]
EUR (€)
Jun. 27, 2013
MCU Business [Member]
USD ($)
N
Mar. 31, 2015
Minimum [Member]
June 2005 IKB Deutshe Industriebank Loans Payable [Member]
Mar. 31, 2015
Maximum [Member]
June 2005 IKB Deutshe Industriebank Loans Payable [Member]
Mar. 31, 2015
Bank of West Amended and Restated Credit Agreement December 6 2013 [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Bank of West Amended and Restated Credit Agreement December 6 2013 [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Mar. 31, 2015
Bank of West Amended and Restated Credit Agreement December 6 2013 [Member]
Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]                              
Line of Credit Facility, Initiation Date                         Dec. 06, 2013    
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date                         Nov. 30, 2015    
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding                         $ 45,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
   
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity                         50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
   
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description                         LIBOR plus a margin, an alternative base rate plus a margin or a floating rate plus a margin    
Line of Credit Facility, Basis Spread on Variable Rate                           0.75%ixys_LineOfCreditFacilityBasisSpreadOnVariableRate
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
2.50%ixys_LineOfCreditFacilityBasisSpreadOnVariableRate
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End                         1.94%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
   
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage                           0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
0.625%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Available Credit Line for Letter of Credit                         3,000,000ixys_AvailableCreditLineForLetterOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= ixys_BankOfWestMemberAmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementDecember62013Member
   
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                              
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Installment Payments, Total                   30,000,000ixys_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityInstallmentPaymentsTotal
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ixys_McuBusinessMember
         
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Installment Payments, Each Installment                   15,000,000ixys_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityInstallmentPaymentsEachInstallment
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ixys_McuBusinessMember
         
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Installment Payments, Number of Installment Payments                   2ixys_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityInstallmentPaymentsNumberOfInstallmentPayments
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= ixys_McuBusinessMember
         
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          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                              
Debt Instrument, Face Amount       12,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
10,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
    7,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_April2015IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
6,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_April2015IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
           
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date       Jun. 10, 2005 Jun. 10, 2005     Apr. 01, 2015 Apr. 01, 2015            
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date       Jun. 30, 2020 Jun. 30, 2020     Mar. 31, 2022 Mar. 31, 2022            
Debt Instrument, Payment Terms       each fiscal quarter each fiscal quarter     each fiscal quarter each fiscal quarter            
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis       three month Euribor rate three month Euribor rate                    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage               1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_April2015IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_April2015IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
           
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate                     0.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
1.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
     
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal       181,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
167,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
    256,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_April2015IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
232,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_April2015IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
           
Long-term Debt, Gross       3,800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
3,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
                   
Derivative, Inception Date       Jun. 30, 2010 Jun. 30, 2010                    
Derivative, Maturity Date       Jun. 30, 2015 Jun. 30, 2015                    
Derivative, Swaption Interest Rate       1.99%us-gaap_DerivativeSwaptionInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
1.99%us-gaap_DerivativeSwaptionInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
                   
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage       2.69%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
2.69%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ixys_IkbDeutsheIndustriebankLoanPayableMember
                   
Loans Assumed from Business Acquisition             723,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
               
Repayments of loans and notes payable $ 1,144,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt $ 1,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt $ 1,667,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt     $ 99,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
                 
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description             from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021