Electronic circuit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus including the same

1. An electronic circuit having transistors disposed on a substrate, each transistor including an active layer made of thin-film polysilicon, the electronic circuit comprising:

a sensor that converts a measured quantity into a current value;

a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current value into a voltage; and

a voltage detection circuit that detects the voltage converted by the current-voltage conversion circuit and outputs a predetermined signal,

wherein the current-voltage conversion circuit includes a range-switching circuit that switches from a first current-voltage conversion range to a second current-voltage conversion range, wherein the current-voltage conversion circuit has field-effect transistors each including an active layer made of thin-film polysilicon disposed on the substrate and includes a first transistor and a second transistor connected in parallel, and a control circuit that is connected to the second transistor and controls a current flowing into the second transistor; and wherein the second transistor and the control circuit constitute the range-switching circuit, and by controlling the current flowing into the second transistor by a range-switching signal, the first current-voltage conversion range of the current-voltage conversion circuit is switched to a second current-voltage conversion range.

2. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a PIN junction diode or a PN junction diode including an active layer made of thin-film polysilicon, the active layer being the same layer as the active layer of each of the first transistor and the second transistor, and the measured quantity corresponds to a light illuminance.

3. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a resistor including a layer of thin-film polysilicon, the layer being the same layer as the active layer of each of the first transistor and the second transistor, and the measured quantity corresponds to a temperature.

4. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage detection circuit includes a plurality of comparator circuits having the same circuit configuration, and different reference voltages are applied to the comparator circuits.

5. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage detection circuit includes a plurality of CMOS inverters or CMOS clocked inverters having different ratios of the channel width of an N-channel transistor to the channel width of a P-channel transistor.

6. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage detection circuit is a comparator circuit, and different reference voltages are applied sequentially thereto.

7. An electro-optical device comprising the electronic circuit according to claim 1 .

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 7 ; and

a display information processing circuit that processes display information to be displayed on the electro-optical device.

9. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the range-switching circuit switches from at least one of the first current-voltage conversion range and the second current-voltage conversion range to a third current-voltage conversion range.

10. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , wherein an upper limit of the first current-voltage conversion range is higher than a lower limit of the second current-voltage conversion range, such that the first current-voltage conversion range overlaps with the second current-voltage conversion range.