An integrated circuit including a DMA controller, an ADC having a plurality of conversion channels and address and data ports for connection to external memory means, the DMA controller being arranged to read a channel id from the memory means using the address and data port which channel id is representative...http://www.google.com/patents/US6701395?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6701395 - Analog-to-digital converter that preseeds memory with channel identifier data and makes conversions at fixed rate with direct memory access
