Abstract: A semiconductor memory device having a high speed for a data transmission includes a plurality of cell blocks, each having a plurality of unit cells for storing data; a plurality of local bit line sense amplifying block, each for sensing and amplifying the data stored in the N number of cell blocks; a global bit line sense amplifying block for latching the data amplified by the local bit line sense amplifying blocks; and a data transferring block for transmitting the data from the local bit line sense amplifying block to the global bit line sense amplifying block.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, which performs a refresh operation, includes: a temperature sensing unit for measuring temperature and for generating a temperature controlled voltage and a reference current based on the measured temperature; an analog-digital conversion unit for converting the temperature controlled voltage to an N-bit digital signal; a refresh control unit for generating a refresh signal in response to the N-bit digital signal, wherein, a period of the refresh signal is controlled based on the N-bit digital signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory core area; a plurality of address input pads for transferring addresses; a first address buffer part for receiving the addresses and outputting first addresses; a plurality of multi I/O pads for inputting/outputting data or inputting/outputting addresses/data while multiplexing the addresses/data; a data I/O buffer part for receiving data from the plurality of multi I/O pads and transferring the data to the memory core area or receiving and outputting addresses; a second address buffer part for receiving the addresses from the data I/O buffer part and outputting second addresses; an address multiplexer part for combining the first addresses and the second addresses and outputting data access addresses to the memory core area; and a path control part for controlling the address multiplexer part.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a row decoding block for decoding an inputted address to thereby generate a logical unit cell block address and a decoded word line address; a tag block for converting the logical unit cell block address into a physical unit cell block address; a decoded address latching block for latching the decoded word line address to thereby output the decoded word line address as a word line activation signal in response to the physical unit cell block; and a cell area for outputting a data, which is stored therein, in response to the word line activation signal.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor memory device and a method for driving the same, which is capable of accessing data in a continuous burst mode regardless of locations of accessed data. The semiconductor memory device includes: a first bank including a first word line corresponding to a first row address; and a second bank including a second word line corresponding to a second row address, wherein the second row address is consecutive to the first row address.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a cell area; a predetermined cell block table for outputting the logical cell block address and the candidate information; and a tag block for receiving a row address, sensing a logical cell block address in the row address and outputting a physical cell block address based on the logical cell block address and the candidate information, wherein the tag block includes: a N+1 number of unit tag tables, each having M number of registers and storing a store information that the registers corresponds to M number of word lines, each register storing each the physical unit cell block address in response to the logical cell block among unit cell block addresses having a word line in response to the candidate information; and an initialization unit for initializing the N+1 number of unit tag tables.

Abstract: A semiconductor device for refreshing data stored in a memory device includes a cell area having N+1 number of unit cell blocks, each including M number of word lines which respectively are coupled to a plurality of unit cells; a tag block having N+1 number of unit tag blocks, each storing at least one physical cell block address denoting a row address storing a data; and a control block for controlling the tag block and the predetermined cell block table for refreshing the data in the plurality of unit cells coupled to a word line in response to the physical cell block address.

Abstract: An analog DLL device includes a delay model for modeling delay time for buffering the external clock signal; a phase comparator for comparing a phase of the reference clock signal with an phase of an outputted signal from the delay model; a charge pump for pumping charges; a loop filter for generating a reference voltage; a voltage control delay line and a tracking digital-analog converter which converts the reference voltage to a digital value; and stores the digital value for keeping the reference voltage safely.

Abstract: An analog delay locked loop device includes a first block for receiving an internal clock signal and a reference clock signal to generate normal multi phase clock signal pairs and dummy multi phase clock signal pairs; and a second block for receiving the reference clock signal to generate a delay locked internal clock signal having a corrected duty cycle based on the normal multi phase clock signal pairs and the dummy multi phase clock signal pairs.

Abstract: A memory device includes at least two cell blocks connected to a global bit line for outputting data in response to an instruction; at least one global bit line connection unit for selectively connecting the global bit line to each cell block under control of a control block, one global bit line connection unit being allocated between the two cell blocks; and said control block for controlling output of data stored in each cell block to the global bit line and restoration of the outputted data of the global bit line to the original cell block or another cell block which is determined by depending upon whether data in response to a next instruction is outputted from the original cell block or another cell block.