Patent ID: 8704195

Claim:
A method for setting a position of a carrier element, which is arranged in a particle beam device, wherein the carrier element is designed to hold an object, wherein the particle beam device has at least one beam generator for generating a particle beam and at least one objective for focusing the particle beam, and wherein the carrier element is designed in a movable fashion using at least one first stepper motor, the method comprising: starting a movement of the carrier element by actuating the first stepper motor using a first motor current in the form of an alternating current; setting the first motor current to a first frequency and to a first amplitude; and decelerating the movement of the carrier element by reducing the first frequency and by reducing the first amplitude of the first motor current, wherein the first frequency is reduced to zero during a first predeterminable period of time and wherein the first amplitude is reduced to an amplitude of a predeterminable first holding current during the first predeterminable period of time.