Liquid crystal device, method of driving liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus

A liquid crystal device comprising:

• a first substrate and a second substrate that are arranged so as to face each other and are attached to each other via a sealing member;
• a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• pixel electrodes that are provided in a display region on the first substrate;
• a counter electrode that is provided on the first substrate or the second substrate so as to face the pixel electrodes;
• a first electrode that is provided between the display region and the sealing member in a plan view and is supplied with a first potential;
• a second electrode that is provided between the first electrode and the sealing member in a plan view and is supplied with a second potential;
• and
• a third electrode that is provided between the second electrode and the sealing member in a plan view and is supplied with a third potential, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode being provided on the first substrate or the second substrate,
• wherein AC signals with the same frequency are applied to each of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode such that
• the first potential shifts from positive polarity or a reference potential to negative polarity and shifts from the negative polarity to the positive polarity or the reference potential during a period of time corresponding to one and a half cycles of a first potential signal;
• the second potential shifts from the positive polarity or the reference potential to the negative polarity after the first potential shifts from the positive polarity or the reference potential to the negative polarity and before the first potential then shifts to the reference potential or the positive polarity during the period of time corresponding to one and a half cycles of the first potential signal;
• the third potential shifts from the positive polarity or the reference potential to the negative polarity after the second potential shifts to the negative polarity and before the second potential then shifts to the reference potential or the positive polarity during the period of time corresponding to one and a half cycles of the first potential signal;
• the second potential shifts from the negative polarity or the reference potential to the positive polarity after the first potential shifts from the negative polarity or the reference potential to the positive polarity and before the first potential then shifts to the reference potential or the negative polarity during the period of time corresponding to one and a half cycles of the first potential signal;
• and
• the third potential shifts from the negative polarity or the reference potential to the positive polarity after the second potential shifts from the negative polarity or the reference potential to the positive polarity and before the second potential then shifts to the reference potential or the negative polarity during the period of time corresponding to one and a half cycles of the first potential signal;
• and
• wherein a width of the third electrode is wider than widths of the first electrode and the second electrode in a direction from an outer edge of the display region toward the sealing member.