Patent ID: 8471202

Claim:
A method for producing a representation of an object using a particle beam, wherein the particle beam is made available by a particle beam device having at least one particle beam column, wherein the particle beam column has a beam generator for producing a particle beam, and has an objective lens for focusing the particle beam onto the object, the method comprising: defining at least one raster area on the object, wherein the raster area has a multiplicity of raster lines, wherein the multiplicity of raster lines have at least one first raster line and at least one second raster line, wherein the first raster line has a multiplicity of raster points which include at least one first raster point and at least one second raster point, and wherein the second raster line has a multiplicity of further raster points, which include at least one third raster point and at least one fourth raster point; defining at least one raster pattern, wherein the raster pattern defines guidance of the particle beam through the raster area; generating the particle beam; passing the particle beam to the first raster point, the second raster point, the third raster point and the fourth raster point; guiding the particle beam in accordance with the raster pattern over the raster area, wherein the particle beam remains at the first raster point for a first time period, the second raster point for a second time period, the third raster point for a third time period and the fourth raster point for a fourth time period, wherein there is a fifth time period between guidance of the particle beam over the first raster line and guidance of the particle beam over the second raster line, wherein the multiplicity of raster lines result in a multiplicity of fifth time periods, and wherein, during guidance of the particle beam, there is a sixth time period between scanning of one of the following raster points, specifically the first raster point, the second raster point, the third raster point or the fourth raster point, using the particle beam, and scanning a further and different one of the following raster points: the first raster point, the second raster point, the third raster point or the fourth raster point, wherein the multiplicity of raster points result in a multiplicity of sixth time periods; and detecting at least one of: interaction particles or interaction radiation, wherein the at least one of: the interaction particles or the interaction radiation are or is created by interaction of the particle beam with the object, wherein at least one of the following time periods: the first time period, the second time period, the third time period, the fourth time period, the fifth time period and the sixth time period, is randomly varied within one raster area.