Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026 USD ($) reportingUnit	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Likely realization upon settlement of income tax benefit	50.00%
Number of reporting units \| reportingUnit	2
Amount of distributor advances, included in accounts receivable	$ 135.3	$ 234.4
Number of days requiring distributor to settle receivable balances (in days)	30 days
Capital-related grants
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital-related grants - reduction to property, plant and equipment	$ 52.2	$ 46.4
Government Assistance, Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
Capital-related grants - offset within other assets	$ 1.6	$ 3.4
Government Assistance, Asset, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Noncurrent	Other Assets, Noncurrent
Capital-related grants - reduction to income tax payable	$ 38.6	$ 36.0
Accounts receivable \| Arrow Electronics \| Customer concentration risk
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage of accounts receivables to unaffiliated customers		14.00%
Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Purchase commitment period	3 years
Useful life	1 year
Minimum \| Building and building improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	10 years
Minimum \| Machinery and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	5 years
Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Purchase commitment period	5 years
Useful life	15 years
Maximum \| Building and building improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	30 years
Maximum \| Machinery and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	7 years

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period covered by the long-term purchase commitment, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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