MaxLinear seeks IPO of its Class-A common stock

SAN JOSE, USA: MaxLinear Incorporated, the company providing CMOS-based radio-frequency analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its Class-A common stock.

MaxLinear, based in Carlsbad, California, the United States, however, has not yet disclosed the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering.

Morgan Stanley & Company Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Incorporated are the book-running managers for MaxLinear’s initial public offering. Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, Needham & Company LLC, and UBS Securities LLC are the co-managers for the offering.

MaxLinear Incorporated, founded in 2003, got Series-A venture financing in 2004, once it complete its first prototype silicon television tuner in CMOS technology.  In 2007, MaxLinear began shipping the world’s smallest silicon television tuner.

In October 2009, MaxLinear had announced MxL301RF, which is a new, low-power hybrid digital/analog silicon TV tuner for the next generation of small-screen and large-screen TV applications.

According to MaxLinear Incorporated, the MxL301RF consumes just 400 mW of power, compared to competing tuners that can use up to 1.5 watts each.

The MxL301RF – measuring 5-mm x 5-mm in a 32-pin QFN package – is highly integrated, complete with built-in features like SAW filter function, tracking and loop filters, and LNAs.

The device supports major analog TV and digital TV standards, MaxLinear said, adding that will be available to key customers in the fourth quarter of 2009