Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions  | 
 Jan. 31, 2024  
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 Oct. 06, 2023  
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 Sep. 21, 2023  
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 Feb. 10, 2023  
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 Mar. 31, 2024  
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 Aug. 31, 2023  
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| Proceeds received from other party, deferred in other long-term liabilities | $ | $ 15.0 | |||||
| Water Island Event-Driven Fund v. MaxLinear, Inc. | ||||||
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| Loss contingency, number of pending claims | 2 | |||||
| Dish Litigation | ||||||
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| Loss contingency, number of claims filed | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Cox Litigation | ||||||
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| Loss contingency, number of claims filed | 2 | 2 | 
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- Definition Research And Development Arrangement, Contract For A Jointly Funded Project, Cumulative Proceeds Received From Other Party, Deferred In Liabilities No definition available. 
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- Definition 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. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef 
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- Definition The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef 
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- Definition Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef 
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