Isibane esikhanyayo luhlobo lomthombo wokukhanya kombane okwenza umqhubi ashushu kwaye akhanye emva kokuba umsinga udlula kuso. Isibane esikhanyayo sisixhobo sokukhanya sombane esenziwe ngokomgaqo wokukhanya kobushushu. Uhlobo olulula lwesibane esikhanyayo kukudlulisa umsinga owaneleyo kwi-filament ukuze sikhanye, kodwa isibane esikhanyayo siya kuhlala ixesha elifutshane.
Umahluko omkhulu phakathi kweebhalbhu zehalogen kunye neebhalbhu ze-incandescent kukuba iqokobhe leglasi lesibane sehalogen lizaliswe yigesi ethile ye-halogen elemental (ngesiqhelo i-iodine okanye i-bromine), esebenza ngolu hlobo lulandelayo: Njengoko i-filament ishushu, ii-athomu ze-tungsten ziyavuthuluka kwaye zihambela eludongeni lwetyhubhu yeglasi. Njengoko zisondela eludongeni lwetyhubhu yeglasi, umphunga we-tungsten upholiswa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-800℃ kwaye udibana nee-athomu ze-halogen ukwenza i-tungsten halide (i-tungsten iodide okanye i-tungsten bromide). I-tungsten halide iyaqhubeka nokuhamba iye embindini wetyhubhu yeglasi, ibuyela kwi-oxidized filament. Ngenxa yokuba i-tungsten halide yikhompawundi engaguqukiyo, iyafudunyezwa kwaye ixutywe kwakhona ibe ngumphunga we-halogen kunye ne-tungsten, emva koko ibekwa kwi-filament ukuze ihlawulele umphunga. Ngale nkqubo yokuphinda usebenzise, ubomi benkonzo yefilament abonwandi nje kuphela (phantse iphindwe kane kunesibane se-incandescent), kodwa kwanokuba ifilament ingasebenza kubushushu obuphezulu, ngaloo ndlela ifumana ukukhanya okuphezulu, ubushushu obuphezulu bombala kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kokukhanya okuphezulu.
Umgangatho kunye nokusebenza kwezibane zeemoto kunye nezibane kubaluleke kakhulu kukhuseleko lwezithuthi, ilizwe lethu lenze imigangatho yesizwe ngokwemigangatho ye-ECE yaseYurophu ngo-1984, kwaye ukuchongwa kokusebenza kokusasazwa kokukhanya kwezibane yenye yezona zibalulekileyo phakathi kwazo.
