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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Jae-woong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device having an asynchronous data path is provided. The data path may compensate for differences between the path from a control circuit to memory banks and from memory banks to output pads of the semiconductor memory. The memory device may include first and second memory banks for storing data, output pads arranged adjacent to the second memory bank, and a control circuit arranged adjacent to the first memory bank for controlling operation of the first memory bank and the second memory bank in response to an external control signal. A first output circuit is adjacent the first memory bank for transmitting data from the first memory bank to the output pads in response to an output signal. A second output circuit is adjacent the second memory bank for transmitting data from the second memory bank to the output pads in response to the output signal.