Choose the correct circuit which can achieve the bridge balance. [2024]
(1)
For the bridge to be balanced, the arm containing diode should have 15 resistance and diode in forward bias. In option (2) and (4), diode is in reverse bias and in option (3) diode is in parallel with a 5 resistance, so effective resistance of this arm is less than 5 . So the correct option is (1) as diode is in series with 5 resistance which can give an equivalent resistance of 15 in case if the diode is considered not ideal.