1. An insulated concrete forming panel comprising an insulative interior wall portion that provides a form for supporting uncured concrete, wherein the uncured concrete forms a concrete structural portion upon curing of the uncured concrete, and wherein the insulative interior wall portion remains attached to the concrete structural portion after formation.
2. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, further comprising a pre-studded portion attached to the insulative interior wall portion.
3. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises at least one of a foam material and a plastic.
4. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises a polymer.
5. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises molded expanded polystyrene.
6. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, further comprising at least one fixed member.
7. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member comprises at least one of a metal, a polymer, a wood, a plastic, and a composite material.
8. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 7, wherein the metal is a light gauge steel.
9. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member is at least partially embedded within at least one of the interior wall portion and the concrete structural portion.
10. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member is a structural member.
11. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member is a stud or a reinforcing member.
12. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, further comprising at least one connector portion, wherein the connector portion is molded into the insulative interior wall portion, and wherein the connector portion provides an attachment point for at least one structural element and for at least one reinforcing member to extend therethrough.
13. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 12, further comprising at least one locking mechanism for securing the reinforcing member to the connector portion, wherein the locking mechanism has a horizontal member and a vertical member.
14. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 12, wherein the connector portion further comprises a stud attached thereto, wherein the stud has an opening for the reinforcing member to extend therethrough.
15. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the reinforcing member is at least one reinforcing bar arranged in a grid of reinforcing bars.
16. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud has at least one slot selected from the group consisting of fusion slots, wiring chase slots, reinforcing member slots, and wedge bolt punch hole slots.
17. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud has a strip with at least one fusion slot, and wherein the fusion slot is embedded in the insulative interior wall portion.
18. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion has a v-shaped cutout section.
19. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud is a reinforcing member extending into the concrete structural portion.
20. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud has at least one extended strip embedded in the insulative interior wall portion.
21. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud does not extend beyond the insulative interior wall portion and is completely embedded in the insulative interior wall portion and the concrete structural portion.
22. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises panels oriented on different planes.
23. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud comprises a dimpled surface adjacent an interior form portion.
24. An insulated concrete form system, the system comprising
at least one removable form; and
an insulative interior wall portion;
wherein the removable form and the insulative interior wall portion provide a form for supporting uncured concrete, wherein the uncured concrete forms a concrete structural portion upon curing of the uncured concrete, and wherein the insulative interior wall portion remains attached to the concrete structural portion after formation.
25. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, wherein the removable form is an exterior form.
26. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, wherein the removable form is an interior form portion.
27. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, wherein the removable form comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of steel, plastic, and wood.
28. The insulated concrete form system of claim 26, wherein the interior form portion comprises molded polypropylene.
29. The insulated concrete form system of claim 26, wherein the interior form portion is configured in a modular fashion such that the interior form portion fits between a first stud and a second stud, and wherein the first stud and the second stud are embedded in the insulative interior wall portion.
30. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, further comprising at least one locking mechanism for securing at least one fixed member to a connector portion, wherein the locking mechanism has a horizontal member and a vertical member.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A reliability evaluation circuit, comprising:
a stress device array including a plurality of unit devices that are matrix-arrayed, each of the unit devices having a first terminal connected to one of a plurality of first IO (inputoutput) lines and a second terminal connected to one of a plurality of second IO lines; and
a stress voltage generating block configured to receive a control voltage, generate a plurality of stress voltages having different voltage levels by using first and second reference voltages, and apply the plurality of stress voltages to the unit devices in a stress mode via the plurality of first IO lines according to the control voltage.
2. The reliability evaluation circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stress voltage generating block includes:
a divided-voltage generator that generates a plurality of divided-voltages having different voltage levels by using the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage; and
a buffering block that buffers the plurality of divided-voltages in response to the control voltage.
3. The reliability evaluation circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein
when the control voltage indicates the stress mode, the plurality of stress voltages have voltage levels at which the plurality of divided-voltages are respectively buffered, and
when the control voltage indicates the measurement mode, the plurality of stress voltages are in a high impendence state.
4. The reliability evaluation circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of unit devices has at least three terminals, a third terminal of the at least three terminals being connected to at least one of the plurality of first IO lines or connected to at least one of the plurality of second IO lines.
5. The reliability evaluation circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of unit devices includes at least one of a capacitor, a resistor, an inductor, a transistor, and metal-lines having different line widths.
6. A reliability evaluation system, comprising:
a reliability evaluation circuit including,
a stress device array including a plurality of unit devices that are matrix-arrayed, each of the unit devices having a first terminal connected to one of a plurality of first IO (inputoutput) lines and a second terminal connected to one of a plurality of second IO lines, and
a stress voltage generating block configured to receive a control voltage, generate a plurality of stress voltages generated by using two reference voltages, and apply the plurality of stress voltages to the unit devices in a stress mode via a plurality of first IO lines according to the control voltage; and
a reliability evaluation control circuit configured to generate the control voltage and the two reference voltages, and test reliability of the plurality of unit devices by using the plurality of first IO lines and the plurality of second IO lines.
7. The reliability evaluation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein,
in the stress mode, the control voltage activates application of the plurality of stress voltages to the plurality of unit devices, and
in the measurement mode, the control voltage deactivates application of the plurality of stress voltages to the plurality of unit devices, and the reliability evaluation control circuit measures electrical characteristics of the plurality of unit devices via the plurality of first IO lines and the plurality of second IO lines.
8. The reliability evaluation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the plurality of stress voltages are simultaneously applied to the plurality of unit devices.
9. The reliability evaluation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the electrical characteristic of the plurality of unit devices that are matrix-arrayed is sequentially measured by a line-unit.
10. The reliability evaluation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the plurality of unit devices includes at least one of a capacitor, a resistor, an inductor, a transistor, and metal-lines having different line widths.