Business and Formation	6 Months Ended
Business and Formation	Jun. 30, 2015
Business and Formation [Abstract]
Business and Formation	Note 1: Business and Formation Unless specifically noted otherwise, as used throughout these notes to the consolidated financial statements, “Jazz” refers to the business of Jazz Technologies, Inc., “Jazz Semiconductor” refers only to the business of Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. and "the Company" refers to Jazz and its subsidiaries. The Company Since the merger with Tower in 2008, the Company is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Tower. The Company is based in Newport Beach, California and is an independent semiconductor foundry focused on specialty process technologies for the manufacture of analog intensive mixed-signal semiconductor devices. The Company's specialty process technologies include advanced analog, radio frequency, high voltage, bipolar and silicon germanium bipolar complementary metal oxide (“SiGe”) semiconductor processes, for the manufacture of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. Its customers' analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices are used in cellular phones, wireless local area networking devices, digital TVs, set-top boxes, gaming devices, switches, routers and broadband modems.

Jazz Technologies, Inc. 10-Q