Patent ID: 8715458

Claim:
A method of operation of a micro device feeder system comprising: adjusting a distance between a movable drive plate and a mounting plate with a two-position spacer and a wedge slider between the movable drive plate and the mounting plate for aligning a carrier tape carrying a micro device to a center line for pick-up of the micro device by external device handling equipment; and configuring a tape handling mechanism having a sprocket assembly and an outer tape guide fixed in relation to the movable drive plate through connection to a first cover plate support, to accommodate a predetermined width of the carrier tape, the sprocket assembly to engage sprocket perforations of the carrier tape driven by a first sprocket and a second sprocket of the sprocket assembly, the first cover plate support and a second cover plate support attached to the movable drive plate, a cover plate attached to the first cover plate support and the second cover plate support.