Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a semiconductor device configured to mitigate against parasitic coupling while maintaining threshold voltage control for comparatively narrow transistors. In some embodiments, a semiconductor device formed on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device comprises a channel comprising an epitaxial layer that forms an outgrowth above the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a gate material formed over the epitaxial layer. In some embodiments, a method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method comprises etching the surface of a semiconductor substrate to form a recess between first and second isolation structures, forming an epitaxial layer within the recess that forms an outgrowth above the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a gate material over the epitaxial layer. Other embodiments are also disclosed.