[Edited]Diode in series with a resistor

[tamilarasantpvm]

Hi all,
I am preparing for interview. meanwhile i came across this circuit and need the current in the circuit.
i attach the circuit here. please rply as soon as possible.

 

[KlausST]

Hi,

Your headline is confusing.
And you missed to ask a question.

Klaus

 

[crutschow]

I hope you are not going into an interview for an electronics job. :???:
You can readily solve that to a close approximation by using the fact that the typical forward Si junction diode drop is about 0.7V.
Why do you say "Diode in series with a normal diode" in the title? There's only one diode in series with a resistor.

 

[amit.kumar11]

Hi,

Your title is wrong, first correct that.

For finding the current in circuit just apply Kirchhoff's voltage law. you will get the solution.

Please check this link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchhoff's_circuit_laws

for diode you can consider 0.7V as drop.

 

[amiyapbehera]

Assuming diode forward bias voltage of 0.7V (Silicon Diode), Current I= (12V-0.7V)/12K=0.94mA

Hi all,
I am preparing for interview. meanwhile i came across this circuit and need the current in the circuit.
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[LvW]

All the calculations result in an approximate value only because they are based on an estimated value for Ud (for example 0.7V).
This is OK - unless the U-I characteristic of the diode is available (classical exponential shape).
In this case - and also for a better understanding - you can do the following:

Because of 12V=Ud+I*R we have Ud=12V-I*R .
Now you can add this resistor characteristic to the diode diagram because both elements have the same current (straight line with a negative slope).
The point where both curves meet is the actual current I.

 

[Audioguru]

Every diode and transistor has a detailed datasheet.
You can calculate the EXACT typical current if you look at the datasheet of the 1N4001 diode where it shows a graph of its typical forward voltage vs current. The graph does not go lower than 10mA (where V= 0.6V) but you can extrapolate to get about 0.96mA.