Abstract: A lamp for automotive front lighting and a vehicle headlight comprising the lamp are described, as well as a method of manufacturing the lamp. The lamp 10 comprises a base 12 for mechanical and electrical connection to an automotive headlight 50. A burner 14 is fixed to the base 12 and comprises a sealed transparent vessel 22. A first filament 34 is arranged within the vessel 22. A holding wire 30c is arranged within the vessel, and a baffle 40 is arranged proximate to the first filament 34 to partially shield light emitted from the first filament 34. The baffle 40 is fixed to the holding wire 30c. The transparent vessel 22 comprises a vessel wall including a cylindrical portion 24 surrounding the first filament 34. In order to obtain a lamp which may withstand vibration, a support member 38, 138, 238 is provided including at least a first part 39 fixed to the baffle 40 or to the holding wire 30c and a second part 43 which is in contact with the cylindrical portion of the vessel 22.

Abstract: A lamp for automotive front lighting and a vehicle headlight comprising the lamp are described, as well as a method of manufacturing the lamp. The lamp 10 comprises a base 12 for mechanical and electrical connection to an automotive headlight 50. A burner 14 is fixed to the base 12 and comprises an enclosed transparent vessel 22. A first filament 34 is arranged within the vessel 22. A holding wire 30c is arranged within the vessel, and a baffle 40 is arranged proximate to the first filament 34 to partially shield light emitted from the first filament 34. The baffle 40 is fixed to the holding wire 30c. The transparent vessel 22 comprises a vessel wall including a cylindrical portion 24 surrounding the first filament 34. In order to obtain a lamp which may withstand vibration, the vessel wall comprises, within the cylindrical portion 24, a deformed material portion 38 which contacts the baffle 40 or the holding wire 30c. The deformed material portion 38 is shielded from the first filament 34 by the baffle 40.

Abstract: A lamp for automotive front lighting and a vehicle headlight comprising the lamp are described, as well as a method of manufacturing the lamp. The lamp 10 comprises a base 12 for mechanical and electrical connection to an automotive headlight 50. A burner 14 is fixed to the base 12 and comprises an enclosed transparent vessel 22. A first filament 34 is arranged within the vessel 22. A holding wire 30c is arranged within the vessel, and a baffle 40 is arranged proximate to the first filament 34 to partially shield light emitted from the first filament 34. The baffle 40 is fixed to the holding wire 30c. The transparent vessel 22 comprises a vessel wall including a cylindrical portion 24 surrounding the first filament 34. In order to obtain a lamp which may withstand vibration, the vessel wall comprises, within the cylindrical portion 24, a deformed material portion 38 which contacts the baffle 40 or the holding wire 30c. The deformed material portion 38 is shielded from the first filament 34 by the baffle 40.

Abstract: A lamp for automotive front lighting and a vehicle headlight comprising the lamp are described, as well as a method of manufacturing the lamp. The lamp 10 comprises a base 12 for mechanical and electrical connection to an automotive headlight 50. A burner 14 is fixed to the base 12 and comprises a sealed transparent vessel 22. A first filament 34 is arranged within the vessel 22. A holding wire 30c is arranged within the vessel, and a baffle 40 is arranged proximate to the first filament 34 to partially shield light emitted from the first filament 34. The baffle 40 is fixed to the holding wire 30c. The transparent vessel 22 comprises a vessel wall including a cylindrical portion 24 surrounding the first filament 34. In order to obtain a lamp which may withstand vibration, a support member 38, 138, 238 is provided including at least a first part 39 fixed to the baffle 40 or to the holding wire 30c and a second part 43 which is in contact with the cylindrical portion of the vessel 22.

Abstract: An SMBus message handler, an integrated circuit and a method for controlling an SMBus are disclosed which identifies starting address of a program being stored in a memory. Instructions of the program are fetched one after another into a finite-state machine which controls the data transfer between an SMBus interface and a register set in compliance with the instruction present in the finite-state machine. Further, an SMBus test device and a method for controlling a testing system are described which check as to whether a key is input from a second interface. Upon inputting of a key it is mapped to a sequence of instructions for controlling devices connected to the SMBus or transferring data or receiving data from the devices connected to the SMBus.

Abstract: A halogen lamp is described that is intended in particular for at least one mode of operation at a lamp voltage substantially below the nominal voltage or a lamp power substantially below the nominal power or that is intended for switching between a first such mode of operation and a second, normal mode of operation in which the lamp is operated substantially at its nominal voltage or power. To prevent, in the first mode of operation, any increased mass transport of molybdenum and, as a result of this, possible blackening of the envelope of the lamp or growth of whiskers in the region of the legs of the incandescent filament or of the first turns of the incandescent filament, use is made of a bromine-free filling gas that has chlorine. Lamps of this kind are used for example in the headlights of motor vehicles for what is termed daylight running (DRL=daylight running light).

Abstract: A storage device host controller such as an SATA (Serial ATA) host controller and a corresponding method are provided for performing host-to-device and device-to-host communications in a PIO (Programmed I/O) data transfer mode and a DMA (Direct Memory Access) data transfer mode. The host controller comprises a buffer unit for buffering data and a data stream selection unit for selecting a data stream for submission to the buffer unit. The data stream selection unit is connected to receive at any one time at least one of a host-to-device data stream in the PIO data transfer mode, a host-to-device data stream in the DMA data transfer mode, a device-to-host data stream in the PIO data transfer mode, and a device-to-host data stream in the DMA data transfer mode, and select from the received data streams the data stream to be submitted to the buffer unit.

Abstract: A storage device host controller such as an SATA (Serial ATA) host controller and a corresponding method are provided for performing host-to-device and device-to-host communications in a PIO (Programmed I/O) data transfer mode and a DMA (Direct Memory Access) data transfer mode. The host controller comprises a buffer unit for buffering data and a data stream selection unit for selecting a data stream for submission to the buffer unit. The data stream selection unit is connected to receive at any one time at least one of a host-to-device data stream in the PIO data transfer mode, a host-to-device data stream in the DMA data transfer mode, a device-to-host data stream in the PIO data transfer mode, and a device-to-host data stream in the DMA data transfer mode, and select from the received data streams the data stream to be submitted to the buffer unit.

Abstract: An SMBus message handler, an integrated circuit and a method for controlling an SMBus are disclosed which identifies starting address of a program being stored in a memory. Instructions of the program are fetched one after another into a finite-state machine which controls the data transfer between an SMBus interface and a register set in compliance with the instruction present in the finite-state machine. Further, an SMBus test device and a method for controlling a testing system are described which check as to whether a key is input from a second interface. Upon inputting of a key it is mapped to a sequence of instructions for controlling devices connected to the SMBus or transferring data or receiving data from the devices connected to the SMBus.