In the above-described driving method for a liquid crystal device, the switching element is preferably in a coupled state in all or part of a first duration in which the common signal is at the first potential and the AC signals are at a negative-polarity potential, or a second period in which the common signal is at the second potential and the AC signals are at a positive-polarity potential, the switching element being preferably in an uncoupled state in a duration other than the first duration, and when the common signal is in the first duration and the switching element is in a coupled state, the driving signal is preferably at the fourth potential, and when the common signal is in the second duration and the switching element is in the coupled state, the driving signal is preferably at the third potential.
According to this method, the potential supplied to the electrodes configured for ion trapping can be controlled by the driving signal in units of durations equal to ? the first period. In other words, taking the potential of the common signal as a reference, the period in which the potential of the AC signal applied to the electrodes configured for ion trapping has a positive polarity, the period in which the potential has a negative polarity, and the like can be controlled.
In the above-described driving method for a liquid crystal device, the liquid crystal device preferably includes three electrodes for ion trapping, an average of the second periods of the AC signal is preferably an integral multiple (n times) of 6 of the first period of the common signal, and the AC signals repeating a period of n×(6+1) and a period of n×(6?1) is preferably applied to the three electrodes.