ADDRESS COUNTING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE ADDRESS COUNTING CIRCUIT

An address counting circuit includes a shared address counting circuit configured to generate a first shared address and a second shared address by counting an external start address at a first edge and a second edge of a counting clock signal and a latch circuit including a plurality of latches configured to share the first shared address and the second shared address, respectively and generate a plurality of column addresses by latching the first shared address and second shared address according to a plurality of latch clock signals.