I'm trying to sense IR wave with a phototransistor circuit. It is very simple structure; but, the output stays low whether IR exists or not. I couldn't find the problem for 1 day. I check every components even resistors whether they are working. I appreciate any comments.

Here is the circuit: (IR LED operates at 1.2V, 10mA)

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note: I know that the flat side of the phototransistor is the collector. Is that correct? However, when I test it with diode test, EC junction shows 0.7V while CE is open. Isn't that weird?

I'm trying to sense IR wave with a phototransistor circuit. The circuit operates well under DC operations (I mean 3.3V through inputs). However, if a square wave is supplied from UART input, after 2kHz output voltage waveform become noisy DC about 200mV. What should I consider to increase bandwidth to 100kHz (maximum)? There is 1cm space between IR & phototransistor in vertical axis. LED draws 20mA current.

Here are the datasheets:

bc848b: http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/BC848_SER.pdf

bc858b: http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/BC856_BC857_BC858.pdf

phototransistor: http://www.megasan.com/service/pdfhandler.ashx?fileid=3565

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