Advanced Circuits

Class Number: EET 10662105-1 - Advanced Circuits
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-662-105 ADVANCED CIRCUITS ...solve advanced series-parallel circuits utilizing Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems, nodal analysis, superposition, complex number-based, and other circuit analysis techniques. Also includes Ideal op-amp, three-phase circuits, circuit models of sensors and actuators, laboratory, simulation, and documentation. (Prerequisite: 10-660-109, AC 3: RLC Circuits)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

What will I learn?

  1. Express alternating current sinusoidal signals in the time domain and the phasor domain mathematically
  2. Explain DC and AC characteristics of an ideal passive components (resistors, inductors, and capacitors)
  3. Analyze basic DC and AC electrical circuits using fundamental well-known circuit laws
  4. Analyze common ideal op-amp circuit configurations
  5. Analyze circuits with provided models of sensors and actuators, including hardware and machines, and equivalent circuits
  6. Determine the magnitude frequency response equations and plots of first-order, two-component series RL and RC lowpass filters (LPF) and highpass filters (HPF)
  7. Determine complex power in an AC circuit containing reactances
  8. Analyze AC circuits that contain ideal transformers
  9. Analyze balanced three-phase circuits
  10. Demonstrate proper use of DC and AC electronic instrumentation in the laboratory
  11. Create technical documentation

Class Details

Class Number:
EET 10662105-1 - Advanced Circuits
Location:
NWTC Green Bay
Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
2026 Fall

Class Notes

·         Class Format: Combination of in-person lectures and lab work and online learning materials.

·         Lab Activities: Complete hands-on labs in ET129 during posted open lab times.

·         Online Materials: Access anywhere with internet access.

·         Time Commitment: Plan for approximately 30 hours to complete the course.

·         Preparation: Review online materials and talk to an instructor in ET129 before starting lab work.

·         Questions: Reach out to the instructor through Canvas.

·         Lab Hours: ET129 is open for limited hours during summer; check with your instructor.

·         Campus Closures: Lab observes all college closure dates.

This course may require specific safety equipment and/or the purchase of parts kits.

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
8/17/2026 - 12/14/2026 Self Paced
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Green Bay Campus Room ET129
8/17/2026 - 12/14/2026 Monday
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Green Bay Campus Room ET129
8/17/2026 - 12/14/2026 Monday
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Green Bay Campus Room ET218

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