Patent ID: 8487270

Claim:
A method of operating a charged particle beam system, the charged particle beam system including a first charged particle beam column having a first optical axis and providing a first charged particle beam, a second charged particle column having a second optical axis and providing a second charged particle beam, the second optical axis being inclined relative to the first optical axis, and a carrier element which is rotatable around a first axis and a second axis, the first axis being perpendicular to the second axis, the method comprising: providing a first receiving element and a second receiving element, wherein the first and the second receiving elements are situated on the carrier element in such a way that a movement of the carrier element always causes a movement of the first receiving element and the second receiving element around the same axis, wherein the first receiving element has a first receiving surface which lies in a first plane and the second receiving element has a second receiving surface which lies in a second plane, and wherein the first plane is inclined relative to the second plane by an angle in the range of 10° to 90°; disposing a first specimen on the first receiving surface of the first receiving element; recording an image of the first specimen using the first charged particle beam; cutting a second specimen out of the first specimen using the second charged particle beam; fastening the second specimen to the second receiving surface of the second receiving element; and further processing the second specimen using the second charged particle beam.