Wideband spiral antenna system for a vehicle

A vehicle including a wideband spiral antenna system, the wideband spiral antenna system comprising:

• a planar spiral antenna fabricated on a substrate, the planar spiral antenna comprising an antenna feed;
• a first dielectric panel disposed adjacent to a first side of the substrate;
• a dielectric puck having a first puck side disposed adjacent to the antenna feed on a second side of the substrate opposing the first side of the substrate;
• a radio frequency (RF) connector disposed adjacent to a second puck side of the dielectric puck, the second puck side opposing the first puck side of the dielectric puck;
• and
• one or more conductive vias extending from the antenna feed through the dielectric puck to the RF connector electrically coupling the antenna feed to the RF connector.

A wideband spiral antenna system for a vehicle comprising:

• a planar spiral antenna fabricated on a substrate, the planar spiral antenna comprising an antenna feed;
• a first dielectric panel disposed adjacent to a first side of the substrate;
• a dielectric puck having a first puck side disposed adjacent to the antenna feed on a second side of the substrate opposing the first side of the substrate;
• a radio frequency (RF) connector disposed adjacent to a second puck side of the dielectric puck, the second puck side opposing the first puck side of the dielectric puck;
• one or more conductive vias extending from the antenna feed through the dielectric puck to the RF connector electrically coupling the antenna feed to the RF connector;
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• a second dielectric panel disposed adjacent to the second side of the substrate, the second dielectric panel having a puck cutout with the dielectric puck extending through the puck cutout.