Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Significant Accounting Policies - Customers Greater Than Ten Percent of Net Revenue (Details)

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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Significant Accounting Policies - Customers Greater Than Ten Percent of Net Revenue (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Arris Corporation
Concentration Risk
Percentage Of Net Revenues By Major Customer	31.00%mxl_PercentageOfNetRevenuesByMajorCustomer / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_ArrisCorporationMember	28.00%mxl_PercentageOfNetRevenuesByMajorCustomer / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_ArrisCorporationMember	28.00%mxl_PercentageOfNetRevenuesByMajorCustomer / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_ArrisCorporationMember
Pace Corporation
Concentration Risk
Percentage Of Net Revenues By Major Customer			10.00%mxl_PercentageOfNetRevenuesByMajorCustomer / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_PaceCorporationMember