Patent ID: 8247785

Claim:
A particle beam device, comprising: at least one particle beam column having an optical axis; at least one carrier element, wherein the at least one carrier element is movable in three spatial directions situated perpendicular to one another and is rotatable around a first axis, which is situated parallel to the optical axis or corresponds to the optical axis, and around a second axis, which is situated perpendicular to the optical axis; at least one first receiving element for receiving a first specimen; and at least one second receiving element for receiving a second specimen, the first receiving element and the second receiving element being 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 in at least one of: the same spatial direction and around the same axis, wherein the carrier element is movable into at least one first position and into at least one second position, a first specimen in the first receiving element being able to be irradiated using a particle beam in the first position and a second specimen in the second receiving element being able to be irradiated using a particle beam in the second position, 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, wherein the first plane is situated offset to the second plane by an angle in the range of 10° to 90°, and wherein the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface are oriented with respect to each other so that, in a first rotational position around the second axis, the first plane is oriented perpendicular to the optical axis, and, in a second rotational position around the second axis, the second plane is oriented perpendicular to the optical axis.