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    <sch:submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</sch:submissionType>
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          <sch:cik>0000914208</sch:cik>
          <sch:ccc>XXXXXXXX</sch:ccc>
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      <sch:securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</sch:securitiesClassTitle>
      <sch:eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</sch:eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <sch:issuerInfo>
        <sch:issuerCik>0001280452</sch:issuerCik>
        <sch:issuerName>MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC</sch:issuerName>
        <sch:issuerCusips>
          <sch:issuerCusipNumber>609839105</sch:issuerCusipNumber>
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        <sch:issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>5808 Lake Washington blvd.NE, Kirkland</com:street1>
          <com:street2>WA</com:street2>
          <com:city>Washington</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>X1</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>98033</com:zipCode>
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      <sch:designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <sch:designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</sch:designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <sch:reportingPersonName>Invesco Ltd.</sch:reportingPersonName>
      <sch:citizenshipOrOrganization>D0</sch:citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <sch:reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <sch:soleVotingPower>2491947.00</sch:soleVotingPower>
        <sch:sharedVotingPower>0.00</sch:sharedVotingPower>
        <sch:soleDispositivePower>2510980.00</sch:soleDispositivePower>
        <sch:sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sch:sharedDispositivePower>
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      <sch:reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>2510980.00</sch:reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <sch:aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</sch:aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <sch:classPercent>5.2</sch:classPercent>
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      <sch:typeOfReportingPerson>HC</sch:typeOfReportingPerson>
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        <sch:issuerName>MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC</sch:issuerName>
        <sch:issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>5808 Lake Washington blvd.NE, Kirkland, WA, Washington, United States, 98033</sch:issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <sch:filingPersonName>Invesco Ltd. ("Invesco Ltd.")</sch:filingPersonName>
        <sch:principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>1331 Spring Street NW, Suite 2500, Atlanta, GA 30309</sch:principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <sch:citizenship>Bermuda</sch:citizenship>
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      <sch:item3>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>N</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:typeOfPersonFiling>IA</sch:typeOfPersonFiling>
        <sch:typeOfPersonFiling>HC</sch:typeOfPersonFiling>
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        <sch:amountBeneficiallyOwned>Invesco Ltd., in its capacity as a parent holding company to its subsidiary investment advisers, may be deemed to beneficially own 2,510,980 shares of the Issuer which are held of record by clients of Invesco Ltd.</sch:amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <sch:classPercent>5.2%</sch:classPercent>
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          <sch:solePowerOrDirectToVote>2,491,947</sch:solePowerOrDirectToVote>
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          <sch:solePowerOrDirectToDispose>2,510,980</sch:solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sch:sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>0</sch:sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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      <sch:item5>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>Y</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:classOwnership5PercentOrLess>N</sch:classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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      <sch:item6>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>N</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>No one person has greater than 5% economic ownership in the securities listed above. As holders of record, the relevant clients of Invesco Ltd. have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, the securities listed above.</sch:ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
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      <sch:item7>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>N</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Invesco Investment Advisers LLC
Invesco Capital Management LLC
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited
Invesco Management S.A.</sch:subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
      </sch:item7>
      <sch:item8>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>N</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:identificationAndClassificationOfGroupMembers>Not Applicable.</sch:identificationAndClassificationOfGroupMembers>
      </sch:item8>
      <sch:item9>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>N</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:groupDissolutionNotice>Not Applicable.</sch:groupDissolutionNotice>
      </sch:item9>
      <sch:item10>
        <sch:notApplicableFlag>N</sch:notApplicableFlag>
        <sch:certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.</sch:certifications>
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    <sch:signatureInformation>
      <sch:reportingPersonName>Invesco Ltd.</sch:reportingPersonName>
      <sch:signatureDetails>
        <sch:signature>Robert R. Leveille</sch:signature>
        <sch:title>Robert R. Leveille/Global Head of Compliance</sch:title>
        <sch:date>07/15/2026</sch:date>
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