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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Lucas Pieter Lodewijk van Dijk, Kranenburg, DE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a network interface device is disclosed. The device includes a network interface configured to provide an interface to a network, a functional component interface configured to provide an interface to a functional component, and distributed test logic located in a path between the network interface and the functional component interface and configured to manage test information related to testing of the functional component and to communicate test information between the network interface and the distributed test logic and between the functional component interface and the distributed test logic.