Homeotropic liquid crystal display with common electrodes parallel and positioned at both sides of pixel electrodes to improve viewing angle

An LCD comprising:

• a pair of substrates facing each other and at least one of which is transparent;
• a liquid crystal composition intervening between said pair of substrates;
• scanning wirings and signal wirings arranged on one of said pair of substrates in a matrix configuration;
• a plurality of pixel electrodes;
• switching devices each being positioned at a portion where one of said scanning wirings and one of said signal wirings intersect each other, for controlling application of a voltage to an associated one of said pixel electrodes;
• and
• a plurality of common electrodes parallel to each other formed on the other substrate;
• wherein said liquid crystal composition has positive dielectric constant anisotropy and is oriented vertically to facing surfaces of said pair of substrates when a voltage is not applied, and wherein adjoining pairs of said common electrodes and adjoining pairs of said signal wirings define pixels, and each of said pixel electrodes is positioned in one of said pixels such that said common electrodes are parallel to said pixel electrodes and are positioned at both sides of said pixel electrodes.