Patent ID: 8786810

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: a first substrate having a pixel region having a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged at one face side; a second substrate having a common electrode to which a common potential is applied; a seal material which bonds the first substrate and the second substrate to each other; a liquid crystal layer held in a region surrounded by the seal material between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first peripheral electrode which is provided at a peripheral region located between the pixel region and the seal material at the one face side of the first substrate, and a second peripheral electrode which is provided at the peripheral region at a position adjacent to the first peripheral electrode, wherein a constant potential different from the common potential and having a constant polarity is applied to the first peripheral electrode, a constant potential different from that of the first peripheral electrode and having a constant polarity is applied to the second peripheral electrode, the common electrode overlaps the first peripheral electrode and the second peripheral electrode, and the constant potential which is applied to the first peripheral electrode, the constant potential which is applied to the second peripheral electrode, and the common potential which is applied to the common electrode satisfy the condition of the constant potential applied to the second peripheral electrode<the common potential applied to the common electrode<the constant potential applied to the first peripheral electrode.