An address buffer circuit for a semiconductor memory device wherein an
address buffer is enabled (to output an internal address signal) in
response to a first level of a control signal and, but is disabled in
response to a second level of the control signal. An address buffer
control unit generates the control signal at the second level in `no
operation` state (NOP command) in which the semiconductor memory device
does not perform data accessing operations and generates the control
signal at the first level while the semiconductor memory device performs
data accessing operations, thereby reducing or minimizing the output of
an internal address buffered and output by the address buffer at and thus
reducing power consumption during no-operation states of the
semiconductor memory device.