Snap connector for socket assembly and associated techniques and configurations

An integrated circuit (IC) assembly comprising:

• a socket body having a plurality of openings extending from a first side of the socket body to a second side of the socket body to provide an electrical pathway between the first side and the second side, the second side disposed opposite to the first side, wherein the socket body includes a polymer material;
• and
• a die package coupled with the socket body, wherein an electrical contact of the die package is positioned within a holding portion of an individual opening of the plurality of openings adjacent to the first side of the socket body that is shaped to hold the electrical contact by elastic force applied by the polymer material of the socket body to the electrical contact, wherein the polymer material surrounds the holding portion and extends continuously between a plurality of the plurality of openings.

A method of fabricating an integrated package assembly comprising:

• providing a socket body having a plurality of openings extending from a first side of the socket body to a second side of the socket body to provide an electrical pathway between the first side and the second side, the second side disposed opposite to the first side, wherein the socket body includes a polymer material;
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• coupling a die package with the socket body by positioning an electrical contact of the die package within a holding portion of an individual opening of the plurality of openings adjacent to the first side of the socket body that is shaped to hold the electrical contact, wherein the electrical contact is held by elastic force applied by the polymer material of the socket body to the electrical contact, wherein the polymer material surrounds the holding portion and extends continuously between a plurality of the plurality of openings.