Patent ID: 8249819

Claim:
A method for determining a virtual bin for an electronic device to enable the electronic device to perform with a set of operating parameters of a physical bin, the method comprising: setting an operating voltage of the electronic device to a first voltage; determining an operating frequency and an operating power consumption level of the electronic device after setting the operating voltage; determining an operating frequency differential, wherein the operating frequency differential represents the difference between the operating frequency and a minimum operating frequency of the physical bin; determining a power consumption level differential, wherein the power consumption differential represents the difference between the operating power consumption level and a maximum operating power consumption level of the physical bin; assigning a virtual bin identifier to the electronic device to identify the operating voltage of the electronic device if the operating frequency is greater than or equal to the minimum operating frequency of the physical bin and the operating power consumption level is less than or equal to the maximum power consumption level of the physical bin; setting a back bias voltage of the electronic device to a second voltage; and assigning a non-volatile bin number to the electronic device to identify the back bias voltage alone or in conjunction with identifying the operating voltage of the electronic device if the operating frequency is greater than or equal to the minimum operating frequency of the physical bin and the operating power consumption level is less than or equal to the maximum power consumption level of the physical bin, wherein in the event that the operating power consumption level exceeds the maximum power consumption level of the physical bin, the method further comprises: determining the back bias voltage such that the operating power consumption level is less than or equal to the maximum power consumption level of the physical bin, wherein the determining a back bias voltage comprises the steps of: incrementally increasing the back bias voltage of the electronic device by a voltage increment and redetermining the operating power consumption level and the operating frequency of the electronic device while the operating power consumption level is greater than the maximum power consumption level of the physical bin and the operating frequency is greater than or equal to the minimum operating frequency of the physical bin; and assigning a non-volatile bin number to the electronic component to identify the back bias voltage of the electronic component if the operating frequency is greater than or equal to the minimum operating frequency of the physical bin and the operating power consumption level is less than or equal to the maximum power consumption level of the physical bin.