Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  LaChance Michael J.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/04/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MAXLINEAR INC [MXL]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2051 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD, SUITE 100		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Vice President, Operations
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CARLSBAD, CA 92011		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units   (1) 05/20/2015 Class A Common Stock (par value $0.0001) 30,000 $ (2) D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (3) 06/30/2018 Class A Common Stock (par value $0.0001) 60,000 $ 8.66 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
LaChance Michael J.
2051 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD
SUITE 100
CARLSBAD, CA 92011		       Vice President, Operations  

Signatures

/s/ Patrick E. McCready, as Attorney-in-Fact 11/07/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Subject to the Reporting Person's continuining to be a service provider (as defined in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) through each such date, twenty five percent (25%) of the restriced stock units ("RSUs") subject to the award shall vest on May 20, 2012, and one-sixteenth (1/16th) of the RSUs subject to the award shall vest on each August 20, November 20, February 20, and May 20 thereafter, such that the award shall be fully vested on May 20, 2015.
(2) Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of MaxLinear, Inc. Class A Common Stock.
(3) Subject to the Reporting Person's continuining to be a service provider (as defined in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) through each such date, twenty five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the option shall vest and become exercisable on May 2, 2012, and one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the shares subject to the option shall vest and become exercisable each month thereafter, such that the option shall be fully vested and exercisable on the four (4) year anniversary of May 2, 2011.

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