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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Apr. 30, 2015
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Jun. 30, 2015
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May 06, 2015
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May 01, 2015
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| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | ||||||
| Term of Invoice of the distributor | 30 days | |||||
| Percentage of revenue from company's distributors | 21.00%mxl_PercentageOfRevenueFromCompanysDistributors | 29.00%mxl_PercentageOfRevenueFromCompanysDistributors | ||||
| Entropic Communications [Member] | ||||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||||
| Number of employees terminated |
6mxl_Numberofemployeesterminated / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mxl_EntropicCommunicationsMember |
56mxl_Numberofemployeesterminated / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mxl_EntropicCommunicationsMember |
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| Severance Charges |
$ 5us-gaap_SupplementalUnemploymentBenefitsSeveranceBenefits / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mxl_EntropicCommunicationsMember |
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| Shares issued or issuable |
20,400us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mxl_EntropicCommunicationsMember |
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| Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross |
$ 111,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mxl_EntropicCommunicationsMember |
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Number of employees terminated. No definition available.
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Percentage of revenue from sales generated through distributors. No definition available.
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Term of Invoice of the distributor. No definition available.
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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Liability for amount due employees, in addition to wages and any other money that employers owe employees, when their employment ends through a layoff or other termination. For example, a company may provide involuntarily terminated employees with a lump sum payment equal to one week's salary for every year of employment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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