Editing Heaviside condition (section)

{{Short description|Optimal condition for a hypothetical transmission line}}
A [[transmission line]] which meets the '''Heaviside condition''', named for [[Oliver Heaviside]] (1850–1925), and certain other conditions can transmit signals without dispersion and without distortion.  The importance of the Heaviside condition is that it showed the possibility of dispersionless transmission of telegraph signals.<ref name="Miano">{{Citation |last=Miano |first= Giovanni |last2=Maffucci|first2=Antonio |year= 2001 |title= Transmission Lines and Lumped Circuits  |publisher= Academic Press |isbn=0-12-189710-9 }}</ref>{{rp|131}}In some cases, the performance of a transmission line can be improved by adding inductive [[loading coil|loading]] to the cable.