Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary Of Revenue And Accounts Receivable Concentrations From Significant Customers (Details)

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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary Of Revenue And Accounts Receivable Concentrations From Significant Customers (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Pegatron Corporation
Revenue and Accounts Receivable Concentrations from Significant Customers
Percent Representing Accounts Receivable	41.00%mxl_EntityWideRevenueMajorCustomersAccountReceivablePercentage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_UnihanCorporationMember	38.00%mxl_EntityWideRevenueMajorCustomersAccountReceivablePercentage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_UnihanCorporationMember
Sernet Technologies Corporation [Member]
Revenue and Accounts Receivable Concentrations from Significant Customers
Percent Representing Accounts Receivable	11.00%mxl_EntityWideRevenueMajorCustomersAccountReceivablePercentage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_SernetTechnologiesCorporationMember
Kinpo International Corporation [Member] [Member]
Revenue and Accounts Receivable Concentrations from Significant Customers
Percent Representing Accounts Receivable		19.00%mxl_EntityWideRevenueMajorCustomersAccountReceivablePercentage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_KinpoInternationalCorporationMemberMember
Moly Tech Limited
Revenue and Accounts Receivable Concentrations from Significant Customers
Percent Representing Accounts Receivable		14.00%mxl_EntityWideRevenueMajorCustomersAccountReceivablePercentage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mxl_MolyTechLimitedMember